Monday, January 26, 2015

Sundance doc tackles white-on-black deaths in US

British director Marc Silver (C) stands January 25, 2015 in Park City, Utah with Ron Davis (L) and Lucy McBath (R) after the Sundance premiere of “3½ Minutes,” a film about the November 2012 shooting death of the couple's 17-year-old son Jordan Davis The recent spate of white-on-black killings in the United States is only the tip of an iceberg all-too familiar to the African American community -- and something needs to be done about it. The movie tells the story behind the so-called "loud music" trial following the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. British director Marc Silver filmed the trial -- covered wall-to-wall by US and international media -- which eventually led to a life sentence for Davis's killer, 47-year-old Michael Dunn. The case was dubbed the "loud music" trial because of the altercation that led to the killing: Dunn took offense at the loud music coming from the friend's car.








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