American Trial: The Eric Garner Story [eFilm]
2023
Streaming Video
The idea is powerfully simple: engage the services of two actual legal teams to create a rigorous, legally based fictional—yet unscripted—trial that never happened for one of the nation’s most disturbing recent tragedies. The accused is Officer Daniel Pantaleo (only recently fired by New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill), charged in the July 17, 2014 death of Eric Garner with reckless manslaughter and strangulation in the first degree. The judge is played by a seasoned defense lawyer, while the officer is played by the only actor in the cast (Anthony Altieri). Eyewitnesses, bystanders, friends, and his widow, Esaw Snipes, all come to testify; meanwhile, credible expert witnesses who would have likely been called to testify in a real trial provide their testimonies for both the prosecution and the defense to create fair judicial proceedings.
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Author:
Messinger, Roee, film directorDershowitz, Allan, actorAltieri, Anthony, actorMckesson, DeRay, actorSnipes Garner, Esaw, actorElzie, Johnetta, actorBayview Entertainment (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
Bayview Entertainment, 2020.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Bayview Entertainment in 2020.In English
Performers:
Allan Dershowitz, Anthony Altieri, DeRay Mckesson, Esaw Snipes Garner, Johnetta Elzie
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
768566
Electronic access:
Stream eFilm - A Kanopy streaming video