Platonic Films in the Press
“In film, Eric Garner's family gets the trial that never happened”
“In new film, a court case for Eric Garner’s family that never was”
“Eric Garner's widow finds healing in fictional documentary six years after his death”
“Messinger’s first feature is a revelation: an urgent and compelling film so formally innovative that it feels as if you’re witnessing the birth of a new genre.”
“Roee Messinger may already be one of the most original minds of this generation. And this is their first feature film!”
“American Trial airs on REELZ”
For them, it was a cry of protest, but for me it was pain. Because those are the last words he spoke. It took me about a year, maybe a year and a half to be able to even hear the words “I can’t breathe” and not cry.
5 Best Movies from the New York Film Festival You Need to See
“Roee Messinger’s American Trial: The Eric Garner Story does the radical work of imagining a trial and envisages a future that was denied to Eric Garner and his family”
“How does one relitigate a case that was never litigated (outside the media) in the first place? This is the challenge at the heart of Roee Messinger’s American Trial: The Eric Garner Story”
Eric Garner’s Family Pushes for Anti-Chokehold Bill After Screening of American Trial: The Eric Garner Story
“Justice exists only in film”