| Record Number |
877720 |
| Title |
The killing of Kenneth Chamberlain [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Distributed by Eagle Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©2019. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (78 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Summary Note |
Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. accidentally triggered his medical alert pendant at 5:22am. By 7:00am he was dead.From Executive Producer Morgan Freeman. The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain tells the true story of the final hours of the life of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were sent to his home to check on him, when his medical alert device was mistakenly activated. Despite Chamberlain informing the officers there was a mistake and he did not have an emergency, they were recorded taunting him, ridiculing his military service, howling racial epithets at him, and finally, the officers broke his door down. |
| Target audience note |
Rated: MA15+ |
| Language note |
In English. |
| Subject |
Police brutality -- Drama |
| African Americans -- Drama |
| Veterans -- Drama |
| Manic-depressive illness -- Drama |
| Police shootings -- Drama |
| White Plains (N.Y.) -- Drama |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Social problem films. |
| Police films. |
| Feature films. |
| Added Author |
Midell, Dave director,
screenwriter,
producer. |
| Freeman, Morgan executive producer. |
| Faison, Frankie actor. |
| Natale, Enrico actor. |
| Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- actor. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F KILL |
