HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, a feature documentary about 16-year-old black male, Yusef Hawkens who was trapped and shot to death by a group of white youths in Bensonhurst, on August 23, 1989.

Hawkins had gone to Bensonhurst with three friends to look at a used car when they were attacked by the mob, whose members mistakenly believed that Hawkins was dating white girl who was living in the neighborhood.

The racially motivated killing horrified New Yorkers, launched major protest and and helped weaken Mayor Edward I. Koch’s bid for a fourth term. Just weeks after the was killing the city’s first (and thus far only) African-American mayor, David N. Dinkins won the mayoral Democratic primary.

Eight youths faced charges stemming from the brutal killing, but attention centered on Joseph Fama, 18, and Keith Mondello, 19, who were said to have been the leaders of the young mob. In May Fama was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. He will be eligible for parole in 2022. A separate jury acquitted Mondello of murder but convicted him of discrimination, criminal possession of a weapon and a host of other charges. He was sentenced to 5 to 16 years in prison.

“It was a mob that killed him, and only two went to jail,” community activist Al Sharpton told the NY Times in a 2009 interview.
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The documentary is directed by Muta’Ali and executive produced Jeff Friday as well as Lightbox founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn, the U.S./UK firm behind Netflix series Captive and LA 92. The film has already won the inaugural Feature Documentary Initiative at American Black Film Festival (ABFF).

“I’m delighted that Yusuf Hawkins, the effect his murder had on the public, and the locked away regret, sorrow, questions and history that those involved have held onto for nearly 30 years, will finally see the light of day in the context of our time,” Muta’Ali told Deadline.

“Expanding into the documentary space and production is a very exciting opportunity for ABFF and the filmmakers who come through our talent pipeline programs,” ABFF’s founder and CEO Jeff Friday told Variety. “We could not have wished for a more fitting home than HBO.”