Check out the new trailer for did you wonder who fired the gun. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. First teaser from did you wonder who fired the gun. The film is done in monochrome which i believe was the correct format given. True crime and longstanding sociopolitical issues are explored in did you wonder who fired the gun. And indeed, the sensation of watching wilkersons film is not unlike experiencing. Wilkerson tells a frightening and troubling story, incorporating scenes from to kill a mockingbird, the music of. Grasshopper acquires sundance doc did you wonder who. Branch once shot and killed bill spann, an africanamerican man. Travis wilkersons essay film, did you wonder who fired the gun. World premiere, 70th locarno festival, concorso internazionale. In lowerys hermetically sealed altfable, a delusional ghost waits for a loved one, almost like. Did you wonder who fired the gun dvd, 2018 for sale. A southern racist and director travis wilkersons greatgrandfather, murdered bill spann, a black man.
Branch wilkersons greatgrandfather killed bill spann in lower alabama. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family, set in lower alabama, 18 miles north of the florida state line. Travis wilkersons film did you wonder who fired the gun. Grasshopper film the film began as a strange project at sundance 2017, where wilkerson sat to the side of the screen and read from a script while the visuals played above. 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. In 1946, filmmaker wilkersons greatgrandfather shot a black man dead and no one batted an eyelid.
The film is directed by travis wilkerson, and its ostensibly an investigative one. 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. Jan 26, 2018 check out the new trailer for did you wonder who fired the gun. Feb 27, 2018 the bitterness of did you wonder who fired the gun. Check out our editors picks to get the lowdown on the movies and shows were looking. No actually, we never wonder who fired the gun, and neither does he. Branch twice shot a man named bill spann in the small. Apr 20, 2018 in the documentary did you wonder who fired the gun.
It is also a horror movie, full of specters and silences and a terror that is. A scene from travis wilkersons new documentary, did you wonder. After participating in protests against the acquittal of trayvon martins killer, the filmmaker is driven to exhume a skeleton in his own family. Mar 14, 2019 travis wilkersons essay film, did you wonder who fired the gun. Mar 08, 2017 travis wilkersons film did you wonder who fired the gun. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family, set in lower alabama. Mar 18, 2018 its hard to experience did you wonder who fired the gun. Film event in philadelphia, pa by philamoca on sunday, march 4 2018. The bitterness of did you wonder who fired the gun. After the george zimmerman verdict, wilkerson decides its time to open the closet full of skeletons in his family home and examine his own racist. A sensation at the 2017 sundance film festival, did you wonder who fired the gun. A documentary filmmakers investigation of racist violence. The film trains its gaze upon a largely forgotten incident.
The shooting referred to in the title occurred in 1946 when s. Performed live as a oneman multimedia show at sundance and the truefalse film festival, did you wonder should now travel more fully as a complete feature film with soundtrack narration from. Travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. Did you wonder who fired the gun travis wilkerson, travis wilkerson. Travis wilkerson s did you wonder who fired the gun. So begins travis wilkerson s critically a cclaimed documentary, did you wonder who fired the gun. An anguished expression of white guilt in the guise of a familyshame detective story, travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. In 1946, my greatgrandfather murdered a black man named bill spann and got away with it.
Travis wilkerson, 2017 march 14, 2018 march 14, 2018 sean gilman. The director, travis wilkerson, relates a dark incident from his. And it was a straight lie when i told you that i had an image that could describe the state of my depression, admits a middleaged archaeologist to a weapons designer played, respectively, by john erdman and jonathan perel, who were previously seen in emigholzs 2017 film streetscapes dialogue as a filmmaker and. Did you wonder who fired the gun dvd, 2018 for sale online. 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. When director travis wilkerson first premiered his documentary, did you wonder who fired the gun. Filmmaker travis wilkerson turns his sights on his own family and the small town of dothan, alabama, where his white supremacist greatgrandfather s.
Upon first glance, the title of travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. Unearths a family history of racism and murder trust me when i tell you that this isnt another white savior story. Its hard to experience did you wonder who fired the gun. 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. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Branch, a white supremacist and wilkersons greatgrandfather, shot and killed a. In the documentary did you wonder who fired the gun. Synopsis in 1946, my greatgrandfather murdered a black man named bill spann and got away with it. The filmmakers intention, as stated in his opening narration, is to research and unveil a murder that was committed by his greatgrandfather, s. 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. We know who literally fired the gun, but the ramifications of that event affects the lives of their descendants and stem from broader issues that continue on today. Watch the movie trailer for did you wonder who fired the gun. The victim, bill spann, was killed in a grocery store in dothan by.
A decadesold murder investigation exposes the ugly truth. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmakers family. The murder took place in branchs own place of business. Charges were later dropped and branch was never punished. Aug 17, 2017 no actually, we never wonder who fired the gun, and neither does he. Eventful movies is your source for uptodate did you wonder who fired the gun. Though his confrontational narration is central to 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. Mar 01, 2018 upon first glance, the title of travis wilkersons did you wonder who fired the gun. A documentary filmmakers investigation of racist violence in.
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