Emanuel (2019)

Directed by

Brian Tetsuro Ivie

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary recounts the 2015 shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina that killed nine parishioners. It focuses on the survivors and families of the victims and their responses of faith and forgiveness in the aftermath.

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What happens

Emanuel is a 2019 documentary film directed by Brian Tetsuro Ivie about the Charleston church shooting that killed nine Emanuel AME church members in an act of terror. Stephen Curry and Viola Davis are executive producers; Mariska Hargitay is a co-producer. Emanuel first received critical acclaim at the 2018 Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary. The film also won the Heartland International Film Festival audience choice award. Emanuel’s limited theatrical release opened June 17, 2019—exactly four years after the shootings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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