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Did you wonder who fired the gun? / a film by Travis Wilkerson ; story/camera/sound/voice/music, Travis Wilkerson ; research/production, Catherine Wilkerson.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Wilkerson, Travis, composer, director of photography, film director, narrator, screenwriter.
Wilkerson, Catherine, film producer, researcher.
Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Branch, S. E.
Spann, Bill, -1946--Death and burial.
Spann, Bill.
Wilkerson, Travis--Family.
Wilkerson, Travis.
Murder--Alabama--Dothan--Case studies.
Murder.
Hate crimes--Alabama--Dothan--Case studies.
Hate crimes.
Murderers--Alabama--Dothan--Biography.
Murderers.
Murder victims--Alabama--Dothan.
Murder victims.
African Americans--Crimes against--Alabama--Dothan--Case studies.
African Americans.
African Americans--Violence against--Alabama--Dothan--Case studies.
African Americans--Violence against.
African Americans--Crimes against.
Dothan (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
Dothan (Ala.).
Families.
Race relations.
Alabama--Dothan.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
History.
Case studies.
Biographies.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white, with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Distribution:
New York : Grasshopper Film, [2018]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital.
digital
optical
Dolby Digital
widescreen (1.85:1)
laser optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video region 1
Summary:
Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson investigates his great grandfather S.E. Branch's 1946 murder of Bill Spann, an African American man, in Dothan, Alabama, asking questions about the culture that allowed Branch to get away with the crime without any measure of punishment.
Contents:
Special features: excerpts from Travis Wilkerson's live performance of the film at the Sundance Film Festival
Deleted scenes: Montgomery; Houston & Blackshear.
Participant:
Narrator, Travis Wilkerson.
Credits:
Cinematographer, music, Travis Wilkerson.
Notes:
Title appears before end credits.
Videodisc releasse of the motion picture produced in 2017.
Program content: ©2017.
Container incorrectly indicates inclusion of theatrical trailer.
OCLC:
1023810293
Publisher Number:
853294007251
15 Grasshopper Film

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