Award-winning documentary films …

16 Shots

As consulting producer, Mark Konkol teamed up with Oscar-nominated director Richard Rowley and producer Karim Hajj of Midnight Films tell the tragic story of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who shot 16 times by Chicago police officer Jason VanDyke, the first on-duty Chicago cop to be convicted of murder.

TIME: THE KALIEF BROWDER STORY

Mark Konkol served as Senior Producer and lead writer of the Peabody Award-winning docu-series honored for " illuminating the greatest flaws of our criminal justice system through the tragic events and death of a young African-American who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime."  Konkol wrote the series bible and lead an investigation that further exposed New York City's broken criminal justice system through the experience of Kalief Browder, who was 16-years old when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack and spent three years on Rikers Island, including two years in solitary confinement, before being released after all charges were dropped. The series, produced by Jay-Z and The Cinemart, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, aired on Spike and is now streaming on Netflix.  LINK TO TRAILER

CHICAGOLAND on CNN

Mark Konkol wrote, produced and narrated CNN's 8-hour docu-series Chicagoland. WATCH SERIES HERE.

AMERICA DIVIDED

Mark Konkol, acting as a consultant, procured interviews and access for the premier episode. LINK TO PREMIER TRAILER