{{short description|1988 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Gang Cops | image = | caption = | director = Thomas B. Fleming<br>Daniel Marks | producer = Thomas B. Fleming<br>Daniel Marks<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPIwpXyCNFM Documentary Winners: 1989 Oscars]</ref> | writer = | narrator = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = USC Center for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television | distributor = OneWest Media | released = {{film date|1988}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''Gang Cops''''' is a 1988 American short documentary film directed by Thomas B. Fleming.
==Synopsis== The film follows the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's special gang unit in South Central Los Angeles.
==Production== It was produced in collaboration with the USC Center for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-17-vw-4413-story.html Visual Anthropologist in the Director’s Chair - Los Angeles Times]</ref>
==Accolades== The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.<ref name="Oscars1989">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989 |title=The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners|access-date=October 27, 2011|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0095197|title=Gang Cops}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gang Cops}} Category:1988 films Category:1988 black-and-white films Category:1988 independent films Category:1988 short documentary films Category:American short documentary films Category:American independent films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Documentary films about law enforcement in the United States Category:Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Category:Documentary films about Los Angeles Category:Documentary films about gangs in the United States Category:Gangs in Los Angeles Category:South Los Angeles Category:1988 English-language films Category:1988 American films Category:English-language short documentary films Category:English-language independent films