16 Shots (2019)

Directed by

Richard Rowley

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary investigates the 2014 police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in Chicago and the subsequent cover-up that was revealed by a dashcam video. It follows the efforts of journalists and activists to expose the truth and seek justice.

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What happens

16 Shots is an American documentary film about the murder of Laquan McDonald. Written and directed by Richard Rowley, it is an updated and expanded version of the 2018 movie The Blue Wall. It had a limited theatrical release on June 7, 2019, and started streaming on Showtime on June 14, 2019. It was released on DVD on August 4, 2020. 16 Shots won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and a Television Academy Honor and was nominated for a Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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