Synopsis
Formally audacious and emotionally powerful: a meditation on conscience and responsibility, in the context of a documentary on race in the American South, as well as a highly personal exhumation of family secrets that may include a double murder. Travis Wilkerson begins with a scene from To Kill a Mockingbird, and introduces a “secular saint,” Atticus Finch, but reminds us that Harper Lee’s story was fiction, “whereas mine is true.” He continues: “In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it.”
Metrics
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | February 28th, 2018 (Limited) by Grasshopper Film |
| Running Time: | 90 minutes |
| Comparisons: | Create your own comparison chart… |
| Keywords: | 1940s, Murder Mystery, True Crime, Biography, Bigotry, Set in Alabama |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |