2021 · documentary · crime · sports
Untold: Malice at the Palace
Directed by Floyd Russ1h 9m2021
Key figures from an infamous 2004 incident between players and fans at an NBA game in Michigan discuss the fight, its fallout, and its lasting legacy.
Our read: Untold: Malice at the Palace (2021) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded documentary · crime · sports entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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