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Traffic Stop
Film poster
Directed byKate Davis
David Heilbroner
Production
company
Q-Ball Productions
Distributed byHBO Films
Release date
  • November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)
Running time30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

  1. Lowry, Brian. "Oscar-nominated 'Traffic Stop' puts focus on police brutality". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. "Oscars 2018: The list of nominees in full". BBC News. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. "Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405" wins Best Documentary Short Subject-Oscars on YouTube
  4. "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys". July 25, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  5. "Traffic Stop". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

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