Jason Pollock: Last News

Filmmaker Jason Pollock, director of the Stranger Fruit and documentaries, has announced the next case his team’s lens will be focused on: The Case of Korryn Gaines. Korryn’s family has given Pollock exclusive rights to develop both a feature documentary and narrative film about Korryn’s life and death.

I want to preface this review by saying I am embarrassed. I was embarrassed for not knowing more about this documentary sooner and embarrassed by the film’s lack of attention from the media. Finding Kendrick Johnson sits at 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes with five critics’ reviews and no reviews from trades. Was the film not appropriately promoted? Was it ignored on purpose? What happened here? This lack of attention is par for the course for Kendrick and his family. They’ve been dismissed and ignored, much like Jason Pollock’s documentary of Kendrick’s life and death. Directed by Jason Pollock, Finding Kendrick Johnson is less about visual style and more about providing insight into a case that is often forgotten.

Selome Hailu editorGravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for “Finding Kendrick Johnson,” the new documentary about the complex case behind the death of a Georgia high school student, set to premiere on July 30.Director Jason Pollock, known for his previous documentary “Stranger Fruit” about the 2014 police killing of Michael Brown, promises that the film will present new evidence in the case of Kendrick Johnson, who was found dead and rolled up in a gym mat at his Georgia high school in 2013.