The Corner

The Corner
The Corner DVD cover
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon Ed Burns
Written by	David Simon David Mills
Directed by	Charles S. Dutton
Starring	T. K. Carter Khandi Alexander Sean Nelson
Theme music composer	Corey Harris
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Robert F. Colesberry David Mills David Simon Nina Kostroff Noble
Production location	Baltimore, Maryland
Cinematography	Ivan Strasburg
Running time	59–73 minutes
Production companies	Blown Deadline Productions HBO Films Knee Deep Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	April 16 (2000-04-16) – May 21, 2000 (2000-05-21)
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The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mills. It premiered on HBO in the United States on April 16, 2000, and concluded its six-part run on May 21, 2000. The series was released on DVD on July 22, 2003.^[1] It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2000.

The Corner chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. "The corner" is the junction of West Fayette Street and North Monroe Street (U.S. Route 1) (39°17′22″N 76°38′49″W / 39.289372°N 76.646848°W / 39.289372; -76.646848).