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Did you wonder who fired the gun?

Wilkerson, Travis (composer,, director of photography,, film director,, narrator,, screenwriter.). Wilkerson, Catherine, (film producer,, researcher.). Grasshopper Film (Firm), (publisher.).

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.

DVD
364.1523 Did
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Subject
Branch, S. E.
Spann, Bill, -1946 > Death and burial.
Wilkerson, Travis > Family.
Murder > Alabama > Dothan > Case studies.
Hate crimes > Alabama > Dothan > Case studies.
Murderers > Alabama > Dothan > Biography.
Murder victims > Alabama > Dothan.
African Americans > Crimes against > Alabama > Dothan > Case studies.
African Americans > Violence against > Alabama > Dothan > Case studies.
Dothan (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Genre
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Case studies.
Biographies.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white, with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher New York : Grasshopper Film, [2018]
  • Distributor New York : Grasshopper Film, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Documentary.
Title appears before end credits.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.
Program content: ©2017.
Container incorrectly indicates inclusion of theatrical trailer.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Special features: Excerpts from Travis Wilkerson's live performance of the film at the Sundance Film Festival -- Deleted scenes: Montgomery ; Houston & Blackshear.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematographer, composer, Travis Wilkerson.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Travis Wilkerson.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.