American Trial: The Eric Garner Story

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Movie
Original title American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2019
length 100 minutes
Rod
Director Roee Messinger
production Roee Messinger,
Alena Svyatova
camera Ari Rothschild
cut Nikolai Metin
occupation

American Trial: The Eric Garner Story is a film / documentary by Roee Messinger that was shown for the first time in October 2019 at the New York Film Festival . At the center of the film is the fictional trial of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed the African American Eric Garner during his arrest in July 2014.

action

After the asthma sufferer Eric Garner was killed in July 2014 while being forcibly handcuffed by several police officers during his arrest, Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the chief police officer, is on trial. Eyewitnesses testify, and Garner's friends and widow Esaw Snipes also have their say. Credible experts deliver their judgment so that both prosecutors and the defense can open a fair trial.

background

The last words of the asthmatic African American Eric Garner “I can't breathe” had become a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement

The death of Eric Garner occurred on the afternoon of July 17, 2014 on Staten Iceland in New York. The 43-year-old asthma sufferer, Eric Garner, was killed while being forcibly handcuffed by several police officers during his arrest. Two videos of the incident published on YouTube made it public. On December 3, 2014, a grand jury ruled that officer Daniel Pantaleo, chief police officer, would not be charged. Although police brutality against African Americans in the United States had been repeatedly complained about, such as the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, the Walter Scott case in North Charleston and the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore, the Garner case represented a turning point in public perception His death had hit the headlines around the world, and his final words, "I can't breathe," had become a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Pantaleo was discharged from police service in August 2019 without a right to a pension.

production

The director was Roee Messinger , who is making his feature film debut in this role.

Anthony Altieri can be seen in the role of Daniel Pantaleo. The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz and the forensic scientist Michael Baden also appear in the film.

The world premiere took place on October 12, 2019 as part of the New York Film Festival .

reception

Dwight Brown of the National Newspaper Publishers Association writes that Roee Messinger made an amazing film on topics such as race, police violence, stop and frisk, and the pros and cons of the US judicial system.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ American Trial: The Eric Garner Story. In: filmlinc.org. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ Hilary Lewis: 'Joker' Screening, Extended Version of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Cotton Club' Set for NY Film Fest. In: The Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 2019.
  3. ^ A b c Jürgen Schmieder: Police fire officers five years after Eric Garner's death. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Held Eric Garner in Chokehold, Is Fired. In: The New York Times, August 2019.
  5. ↑ Hilary Lewis: 'Joker' Screening, Extended Version of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Cotton Club' Set for NY Film Fest. In: The Hollywood Reporter, August 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ https://www.lincolncenter.org/show/american-trial-the-eric-garner-story
  7. ↑ Dwight Brown: Film Gems Screen at 2019 New York Film Festival. In: dwightbrownink.com, October 14, 2019.