Fictional Portrayals in Film and Television
- On the sketch show In Living Color the 1991 season 3 premiere episode did a sketch called Crown Heights Story.
- A 2004 television movie, Crown Heights, was made about the aftermath of the riot, starring Howie Mandel.
- Two episodes of Law & Order, one during season two and another during season four, were based on the riots.
- Anna Deveare Smith wrote a play called Fires in the Mirror, depicting 29 real-life interviews with actual people involved in the riots.
- Brooklyn Babylon, a feature film starring Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and The Roots, presents a fictionalized version of Crown Heights neighborhood unrest in the 1990s.
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