MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

jgonzo275 Wonder how it is that HBO doesn't do much "documentary" on the daily black on black violence in Chicago. Keep getting fooled.

Michael Ledo This is a well constructed documentary concerning the highly publicized shooting and killing of teen Jordan Davis by Michael David Dunn. This took place November 23, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida and had deep implications. Dunn claimed self defense under the stand your ground law as tensions ensued over the playing of loud rap music.The themes included seeded racism and distrust. Stand Your Ground is the new Jim Crow which allows whites to shoot blacks because they feel threatened by them and how can a jury determine how one feels? This documentary pieced together actual statements and trial footage. I don't recall any re-enactment. The testimony is done in pieces in order to present a chronological order of events. Dunn's side of the issue is also presented, but keep in mind the intent of the film was not to exonerate him."In "Race, law, and health: Examination of 'Stand Your Ground' and defendant convictions in Florida," researchers Nicole Ackermann, Melody S. Goodman, Keon Gilbert, Cassandra Arroyo-Johnson, and Marcello Pagano combed through data from a Tampa Bay Times investigation. They further examined the 204 cases in the state in which Stand Your Ground was cited as a defense against homicide or some other violent act and the results were, sadly, not surprising. The study found that in cases argued from 2005 to 2013, juries were twice as likely to convict the perpetrator of a crime against a white person than against a person of color. "These results are similar to pre-civil rights era statistics, with strict enforcement for crimes when the victim was white and less-rigorous enforcement with the victim is non-white," the researchers report." Guide: F-bomb.

Marz88 I'm not sure I even remember this incident, so I'm basing this review on the movie itself, not on any other fact/s about the incident outside the movie.Felt disappointed at the end... You have to rate this movie on its content, not with your heart because of what the current state of affairs are around you...It shows both sides of the story in a fair and unbiased manner until near the end, then bam - we find out he never mentioned he saw a weapon to his fiancé. We're all really supposed to make our judgment of his FULL guilt based on that fact?! Seriously? We know that the jury was not deliberating on his guilt with only what the fiancé said at the end. The documentary was going so well, then: "let's wrap up the movie - he's guilty!". What should've happened is a clarification of, for example: why the jury was deliberating so long on the verdict. As we all saw, it wasn't entirely based on whether the kid had a weapon or not.Production, etc. was well done, but felt cheated in the end - thus the 6/10. But, watchable for sure.

George X. Good documentary about the killing of an African-American teenager in Florida the impact of the case and the trial of the perpetrator. Through good editing and subtle presentation of the court case, the film is able to show how "stand your ground" laws mud the waters even more instead of helping the justice system. The film does a good job of raising -and answering- important questions about human morality, cultural differences and perception, and the justice system. A few facts of the case were left out and you might feel that there's something missing in order to makes this a truly great docu, but overall it's still a well made and important film.