Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Scottsboro: An American Tragedy |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Daniel Anker , Barak Goodman |
| script | Barak Goodman |
| production | Daniel Anker, Barak Goodman |
| music | Edward Bilous |
| camera | Buddy Squires |
| cut | Jean Tsien |
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is an American documentary released in 2000 .
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The film documents the story of the Scottsboro Boys , a group of nine young blacks who were accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931 and sentenced to death with no evidence of guilt. Four of the men were released after three trials at higher courts and the death penalty for the remaining five was commuted to long sentences. It was not until 1943, after the five men had behaved well, that they were released one by one.
Reviews
Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times found it commendable that the gripping and thoughtful documentation was published.
Amy Taubin of the New York newspaper Village Voice described the film as well researched and fast, but at 87 minutes too long.
Awards
In addition to being nominated for an Oscar for best documentary in 2001 , the production won several film awards: 2000 the Birmingham Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival's audience award, the Urbanworld Film Festival's jury award and the Washington Jewish Film Festival's audience award ; 2001 the Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special ; 2002 the WGA Award from the Writers Guild of America in the category Documentary - Other Than Current Events and the Erik Barnouw Award from the Organization of American Historians .
background
The premiere took place in January 2000 at the Sundance Film Festival .
The narrator of the film was Andre Braugher . Other passages were spoken by Nesbitt Blaisdell , Jeffrey DeMunn , Frances McDormand , Stanley Tucci and Harris Yulin , among others .
Web links
- Scottsboro: An American Tragedy at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the film