First Thursday Films are screened at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month at the Capri Theater, 2027 West Broadway in North Minneapolis. Presented with support by:
In 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets, two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station. A white middle-aged male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of the music in the boy’s car. A gun entered the exchange, and one of them was left dead. Michael Dunn fired 10 bullets at a car full of unarmed teenagers and then fled. Three of those bullets hit 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who died at the scene. Arrested the next day, Dunn claimed he shot in self-defense. Thus began the long journey of unraveling the truth. 3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets follows that journey, reconstructing the night of the murder and revealing how hidden racial prejudice can result in tragedy.
PRESS
"A grimly absorbing watch." - The Guardian
"A devastating suggestion of individual agony as shared experience in a country where these things just keep on happening—a war on the home front with no end in sight." - A.V. Club
"The fact that many in the audience may know how this mystery ends does nothing to lessen the tension, or the feeling of thudding, impotent grief, when the final verdict is delivered." - Washington Post
"A documentary that shouldn't have to be made, about a law that needn't exist, explored via a crime that could have been avoided: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets is a thought-provoking, mournful experience." - Los Angeles Times
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Marc Silver works worldwide as a filmmaker, director of photography and social impact strategist. His first feature length film Who is Dayani Cristal? premiered at the Sundance Festival 2013 where it won Cinematography Award: World Cinema Documentary. He's created content for the BBC, Channel 4, Universal Music, The Guardian, The New York Times, Amnesty International, UNHCR, UNICEF, NMAP, The Global Fund and collaborated with artists Gael Garcia Bernal, Nitin Sawhney, Michael Nyman, and Cirque Du Soleil.
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FIRST THURSDAYS @ THE CAPRI
A series of films presented in partnership with the Capri Theater on the first Thursday of every month, with speakers invited to lead post-film discussions with audiences.
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