If you took out all the irrelevant information you may have 10 minutes. It has taken more than a year for did you wonder who fired the gun. Opening thursday and playing through the weekend at the northwest film forum is travis wilkersons firstperson documentary about the murder of a black man in alabama. And like that film, it shows how one family takes root and establishes itself through the force of privilege, class. When director travis wilkerson first premiered his documentary, did you wonder who fired the gun. In 1946, my greatgrandfather murdered a black man named bill spann and got away with it. Thats what inspired him and his wife, gina princebythewood, to create shots fired, which premieres march 22 and explores the aftermath of a fictional police shooting in north carolina. Did you wonder, like mudbound, is about two families, one white and one black. The victim, bill spann, was killed in a grocery store in dothan by wilkersons greatgrandfather, s.
Did you wonder who fired the gun trailer aiff 2017 youtube. Feb 27, 2018 the bitterness of did you wonder who fired the gun. Mar 18, 2018 its hard to experience did you wonder who fired the gun. In the new documentary did you wonder who fired the gun. Reviewed in the united states on december 17, 2018. Check out the new trailer for did you wonder who fired the gun. Charges were later dropped and branch was never punished. Its an odd title as who fired the gun that killed bill spann, a 46 year old african american man in dothan, alabama that night in 1946, is not in doubt. Branch, who was initially charged with murder for the crime but the charges. His movie is a detective story with important roles played by the filmmakers aunt a southern secessionist, by a 31yearold local activist named rosa parks, by the rap song hell you talmbout by janelle monae, and by the stillresonant words of a phil ochs song that memorializes white activist william moore. Upon first glance, the title of travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. A documentary filmmakers investigation of racist violence in.
The first episode of season 4 jumps into some of the questions left open last season, but theyre not. A southern racist and director travis wilkersons greatgrandfather, murdered bill spann, a black man. Did you wonder who fired the gun trailer aiff 2017. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family, set in lower alabama, 18 miles north of the florida state line. Travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. Sign up for eventful s the reel buzz newsletter to get upcoming showtimes and theater information delivered right to your inbox. Mar 01, 2018 upon first glance, the title of travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. Get the latest showtimes for did you wonder who fired the gun. In lowerys hermetically sealed altfable, a delusional ghost waits for a loved one, almost like.
If you then took out all the unsubstantiated information you would have the title followed by the credits. Synopsis in 1946, my greatgrandfather murdered a black man named bill spann and got away with it. Branch wilkersons greatgrandfather killed bill spann in lower alabama. Spring season pass pricing gets you two free screenings and puts you on the list for other special opportunities throughout the season. Its hard to experience did you wonder who fired the gun. Grasshopper acquires sundance doc did you wonder who fired. Branch twice shot a man named bill spann in the small neighborhood market that branch owned.
The 2017 new york film festivals spotlight on documentary. First teaser from did you wonder who fired the gun. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family, set in lower alabama. In 1946, filmmaker wilkersons greatgrandfather shot a black man dead and no one batted an eyelid. New york film festival 2017 sets documentary lineup. For someone so gloomily aware of his own privilege, wilkerson. In the documentary did you wonder who fired the gun. In fact, it premiered as an even lesstraditional film experience, playing at sundance and other festivals as a live event, during which the filmmakernarrator spoke in person and exalted the audience to even participate in the unearthing of racial demons. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family. A personal reckoning with a family, a murder, and the corrosive racial tensions that have carried from past to present. So begins travis wilkersons critically acclaimed documentary, did you wonder who fired the gun. Branch once shot and killed bill spann, an africanamerican man. The bitterness of did you wonder who fired the gun.
If you took out all the very very very long useless pauses you would have a 30 minute movie. True crime and longstanding sociopolitical issues are explored in did you wonder who fired the gun. A decadesold murder investigation exposes the ugly truth. Apr 20, 2018 in the documentary did you wonder who fired the gun. When director travis wilkerson tries to investigate the 1946 murder of an africanamerican man by his white supremacist grandfather, he meets great resistance, and people threaten to take his life. Release dates 16 also known as aka 2 release dates usa 20 january 2017 sundance film festival usa 3 march 2017 truefalse film festival switzerland 9 august 2017 locarno film festival.
After months away, were back with the keating five four and ramping up for a new mystery. Filmmaker travis wilkerson turns his sights on his own family and the small town of dothan, alabama, where his white supremacist greatgrandfather s. The murder has become family lore and when wilkerson sets out to unravel the mystery, he encounters obstacle upon obstacle, destroyed records and constant silence. A horrifying history is uncovered in trailer for sundance doc. Watch the movie trailer for did you wonder who fired the gun. World premiere, 70th locarno festival, concorso internazionale. Reserve your seat at all nine of our spring documentary screenings with a season pass, or buy one as a gift for a friend. Wilkerson tells a frightening and troubling story, incorporating scenes from to kill a mockingbird, the music of. One familys incendiary history assumes the dimensions of a james ellroy novel in did you wonder who fired the gun. Grasshopper film formally audacious and emotionally powerful. The shooting referred to in the title occurred in 1946 when s.
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