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Directed by | Kate Davis David Heilbroner |
Production company | Q-Ball Productions |
Distributed by | HBO Films |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Traffic Stop is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner.
Summary
It chronicles a white police officer's stop and, ultimately, arrest of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas.
Accolades
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards. After airing on HBO, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Award. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
References
- Lowry, Brian. "Oscar-nominated 'Traffic Stop' puts focus on police brutality". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- "Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube
- "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys". July 25, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- "Traffic Stop". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
External links
- Traffic Stop at IMDb
- Traffic Stop at HBO
- 2017 films
- 2017 short documentary films
- American short documentary films
- Films shot in Austin, Texas
- Documentary films about law enforcement in the United States
- Documentary films about race and ethnicity in the United States
- Law enforcement in Texas
- HBO documentary films
- 2010s English-language films
- Films directed by David Heilbroner
- Films directed by Kate Davis
- 2010s American films
- English-language short documentary films