The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo (2025)

Based on a true story, the film follows Daniel, a desperate, low-level freelance photojournalist known as a "stringer," who risks everything to get the crucial shot during a city-wide riot in 1990s Los Angeles. When his photo of a police confrontation becomes the defining image of the ensuing civil unrest, Daniel is launched into international fame. He must soon face the moral implications of his success, the threat of the subjects he captured, and the devastating realization that the photo's legacy has fractured his own life and family.