3 1⁄2 Minutes: Ten Bullets

Presented by Come the Revolution in partnership with Radical Film Festival

3 1⁄2 Minutes: Ten Bullets

A Film by Marc Silver

In 3 1⁄2 Minutes, two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday in 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-defence. Thus began the long journey of un-ravelling the truth. 3 1⁄2 Minutes follows that journey, reconstructing the night of the murder and revealing how hidden racial prejudice can result in tragedy.

Directed by Marc Silver (Who is Dayani Cristal?), the documentary intercuts powerful exclusive footage from a riveting trial with intimate, observational scenes of Jordan’s parents, Ron and Lucy. We see first hand how difficult it is for them to grapple with unimaginable loss while fighting for justice for their son. The film integrates police interrogation footage, prison phone recordings and interviews with the others at the scene that night. The result is a powerful story about the devastating effects of racial bias, and the search for justice within the judicial system.

98 mins

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3 1/2 Minutes: Credits

Directed by Marc Silver
Produced by Minette Nelson, Carolyn Hepburn
Executive Producers Orlando Bagwell, Bonni Cohen, Julie Goldman, Jeff Skoll, Diane
Weyermann
Co-Executive Producer David Eckles
Edited by Emiliano Battista, Gideon Gold
Cinematography by Marc Silver
Original Music by Todd Boekelheide