I live in Baltimore and it’s the hometown paper. What led you to this story? What made this a story that you wanted to tell and did it just feel like now was really the right time to tell it?ĭAVID SIMON: I encountered the material because I read Justin ’s articles in the Sun. I feel smarter, but at the same time, I feel angry and frustrated, and sad. Anytime I watch something that you guys do, I always feel like I learn something by the end of it. Wayne Jenkins ( Jon Bernthal) was at the center of the unit that went rogue, brutally pursuing citizens and drug dealers for their own gain.ĭuring this interview with Collider, co-creators Pelecanos and Simon talked about why they wanted to tell this story, the levels of dystopic corruption in the drug war, their mutual desire to take on projects that are more than entertainment, how their collaborative process has evolved, getting to shoot this on the streets of Baltimore, what made Reinaldo Marcus Green the perfect partner to direct this project, and the importance of letting actors breathe in their characters.Ĭollider: Thank you for talking to me about this.
After decades of a relentless drug war that resulted in mass incarceration, Sgt. From executive producers George Pelecanos and David Simon, and based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton about the corruption that led to the collapse of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, the HBO six-episode limited series We Own This City illustrates what happens when results are prioritized over actual police work.
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