Frame 394
{{Infobox film
| name = Frame 394
| image =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Rich Williamson
| producer = Shasha Nakhai
Ed Barreveld
| writer =
| starring = Daniel Voshart
| music = Rob Teehan
| cinematography = Rich Williamson
| editing = Rich Williamson
| studio = Compy Films
| distributor = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| released = {{film date|2016|05|03|Hot Docs}}
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Frame 394 is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rich Williamson and released in 2016.{{Cite news|last=O'Falt|first=Chris|date=December 9, 2016|title=Walter Scott Shooting Revisited: How This Oscar-Shortlisted Doc Shook Up a National Story|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/best-documentary-short-frame-394-walter-scott-daniel-voshart-oscar-1201756142/|url-status=live|work=IndieWire|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817233528/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/best-documentary-short-frame-394-walter-scott-daniel-voshart-oscar-1201756142/|archive-date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2017}}
Summary
The film centres on Daniel Voshart, a Canadian cinematographer and image stabilization specialist who reviewed the video of the shooting of Walter Scott, and claimed to have discovered evidence in frame 394 of the video "that challenged the accepted narrative of what transpired between Slager and Scott". The frame appears to show Scott's hands on Slager's taser at the time the officer reached for his gun. If true, this would create justification for use of force. The film discusses the moral conflict caused by the discovery. Voshart's original intent was to find evidence that could be used to convict, not acquit the officer.{{Cite news|last=Deschamps|first=Tara|date=March 10, 2017|title='Frame 394' documentary questions what happened in Walter Scott police shooting in South Carolina|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/03/10/frame-394-documentary-questions-what-happened-in-walter-scott-police-shooting-in-south-carolina.html|url-status=live|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar|issn=0319-0781|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818000111/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2017/03/10/frame-394-documentary-questions-what-happened-in-walter-scott-police-shooting-in-south-carolina.html|archive-date=August 18, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018}}
Accolades
The film premiered at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2016,[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiff-canada-top-10-films-2016-1.3884421 "TIFF announces lineup for Canada's Top 10 Film Festival"]. CBC News, December 7, 2016. and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.[http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/watch-the-canadian-screen-award-nominees-for-best-short-documentary "Watch the Canadian Screen Award Nominees for Best Short Documentary"]. Point of View, January 19, 2017. It was also named to the initial shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject),[http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/canadian-doc-frame-394-makes-oscar-short-list "Canadian Doc ‘Frame 394’ Makes Oscar Short List"]. Point of View, October 26, 2016. but missed out at the 89th Academy Awards.
References
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External links
- [https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/shorts/frame-394 Frame 394] at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- {{IMDb title|5314176}}
- [https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/584320/frame-394/ Frame 394 at The Atlantic]
Category:2016 short documentary films
Category:Canadian short documentary films