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- 2019
- Not Rated
- 1 h 20 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- 1 h 20 m
Summary On June 17th, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a bible study and murdered nine African Americans. This is the story of the victims and survivors of that night.
Directed By: Brian Tetsuro Ivie
Written By: Brian Tetsuro Ivie
- 2019
- Not Rated
- 1 h 20 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- 1 h 20 m
Emanuel
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Summary On June 17th, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a bible study and murdered nine African Americans. This is the story of the victims and survivors of that night.
Directed By: Brian Tetsuro Ivie
Written By: Brian Tetsuro Ivie
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Metascore
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Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
66
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Through interviews with survivors of the massacre, loved ones and congregants, as well as reporters, politicians and activists, Ivie has made something heartfelt and messy, focused on what’s devotional in testifying about a joy that’s never coming back, and pardoning a malevolence that’s never gone away.
Director Ivie, one of the co-founders of Arbella Studios, focuses on faith and social justice, and “Emanuel” perhaps best embodies those two tenets without seeming like it’s proselytizing. But the movie is strongest when it just lets its subjects talk with no agenda at hand.
Most of all, Emanuel demonstrates forgiveness is hard work that requires a divine-level of fortitude. Especially when it comes at direct odds with the ones you hold dear.
Both the racial motivations behind the crime and the community's startling reaction make this tragedy especially worth remembering; when it is shown nationwide on the shooting's fourth anniversary, June 17 (with an encore on June 19), it will leave few viewers unmoved.
The movie is primarily an act of bearing witness that does not ask to be judged on conventional filmmaking terms.
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Production Company
JuVee Productions,
Arbella Studios,
Fiction Pictures,
Unanimous Media
Release Date Jun 17, 2019
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website
http://www.emanuelmovie.com/
Awards
Bentonville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
