Film

American Trial: The Eric Garner Story

2020 · 1h 40m · Documentary

You Are the Jury in the Trial That Never Happened

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

71%

By depicting real-life witnesses and actual evidence in a courtroom setting, American Trial will tell the story of the trial that may have occurred had NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo been indicted for the killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Using the trial as a conduit, this documentary will examine accountability, race and police/civilian relations in New York City and beyond.

Barack Obama

Self

Bill de Blasio

Self

LeBron James

Self

Kobe Bryant

Self (archive footage)

Alan Dershowitz

Self

Michael Baden

Self

Al Sharpton

Self

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Self

• Roee MessingerDirector · Producer
• Alena SvyatovaProducer
• Ralph RichardsonExecutive Producer
• James A. JenkinsExecutive Producer
• Ari RothschildDirector of Photography
• Nikolai MetinEditor
• Lynn MarocolaCasting

American Trial: The Eric Garner Story Official Trailer (2020) | Documentary by Roee Messinger

Release date

May 29, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Documentary