The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain first premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2019; a year and a half later, it is heading to Berlin's European Film Market carrying the weight of 2020's racial reckoning.
The 80-minute indie, written and directed by David Mindell, follows the final moments of Chamberlain's life. He was a 68-year-old Black veteran killed by White Plains, New York police in 2011 after accidentally setting off his Life Alert, which escalated to a standoff and officers breaking down Chamberlain's apartment door.
He was shot twice in the chest, and no charges were brought against the police in a 2012 jury trial (though a 2020 appeal did rule that a federal judge was wrong to dismiss parts of a lawsuit against the.
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