Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Barak Goodman
Frances Mcdormand
Andrt Braugher
Harris Yulin
Lee Wilkof
Sam Catlin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When fate places people in the wrong place at the wrong time, fear and suspicion can fuel injustice like a runaway train. This documentary offers a comprehensive study of the infamous 1931 Alabama legal case involving nine black men, ages thirteen to nineteen, who were unjustly accused of raping two young white women. Because no one in the state would touch the case, the "boys" were poorly represented by an overconfident New York Jewish defense lawyer and all nine were convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to death.
Cast
Frances Mcdormand
Andrt Braugher
Harris Yulin
Lee Wilkof
Sam Catlin
Nesbitt Blaisdell
Julie Dretzin
Stanley Tucci
Daver Morrison
Jeffrey Demunn
Crew
Charlotte Anker
Daniel Anker
Jerry Anker
Bob Aumon
Glenn Ballard
Ed Barteski
Susan Bdzell
Carol Berkin
Carol Berkin
Edward Bilous
Kay Boyle
John Cadell
James Callanan
Dan Carter
Marion Carter
Margaret Drain
Rachel Dretzin
Steven Dunlap
Anna Fagin Ginger
Tommy Fell
Frank Ferrigno
Raymond Fraley
Harriet Glickman
Barak Goodman
Barak Goodman
Frank Goodman
James Goodman
Joan Goodman
Gillian Goodrich
Amanda Harberg
Roger Haydock
Clive Helfet
Tom Hurwitz
Greg Kalember
Robin Kelley
Kwando Kinshasha
Polly Kosko
Andy Lanset
Andy Lanset
Robert Leibowitz
Majorie Leibowitz Finch
Douglas Linder
Conrad Lynn
Grant Maxwell
Steve Mccarthy
James Meyerson
James Miller
Sandra Isabelle Muller
Courtney Murphy
Susan Pennybacker
Roger Phenix
Tony Pipitone
Elizabeth Prohasto
Trina Quagliaroli
Brenda Ray
John Rehberger
Antonio Rossi
Mark Samuels
Anthony Savini
Jen Scaturro
Leo Seltzer
Irene Selver
Glen Shauer
Miriam Sherman
Michael Shirley
Tony Slocum
Buddy Squires
Bill Stokes
John Tanzer
Sylvia Thompson
Mills Thornton
Jean Tsien
Anna Useem
William Watts
Jack Wheeler
Andrew Wyndham
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Documentary Feature
Quotes
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Documentary at the 2000 Urbanworld Film Festival.
Winner of the Audience Skyy Prize for Best Film at docfest 2000 (New York International Documentary Film Festival).
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States Winter January 19, 2001
Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2000.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.
Released in United States 2000 (Project was screened digitally at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at docfest: New York International Documentary Festival May 31 and June 2-6, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States Winter January 19, 2001
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City August 2-6, 2000.)
