Incident (2023 film)
{{Short description|2023 American documentary short film}}
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{{Infobox film
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| director = Bill Morrison
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Bill Morrison
- Jamie Kalven
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| editing = Bill Morrison
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Hypnotic Pictures
- Invisible Institute
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| distributor = The New Yorker Studios
| released = {{Film date|2023|4|25|Visions du Réel|2024|8|28|The New Yorker}}
| runtime = 30 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Incident is a 2023 American documentary short film directed and edited by Bill Morrison.[https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/film/2023/incident/ Visions du Réel]
Synopsis
The film explores the 2018 killing of Harith "Snoop" Augustus by Chicago police officer Dillan Halley via montages of bodycam and surveillance footage.{{Cite web |title=Incident |url=https://www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-vantage-points/incident/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=DOC NYC |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sachs |first=Kat |date=December 4, 2024 |title=An interview with film director Bill Morrison |url=https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/incident-bill-morrison-harith-augustus-chicago-police/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Chicago Reader}}{{Cite web |title=Incident + Buried News with Bill Morrison in person |url=https://movingimage.org/event/incident-buried-news/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Museum of the Moving Image |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-08-28 |title=“Incident” Shows How Officers React When a Police Killing Is Caught on Tape |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/incident-shows-how-officers-react-when-a-police-killing-is-caught-on-tape |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}{{Cite web |last=Fein |first=Seth |date=2023-11-10 |title=Incident in the Old Ale House: Director Bill Morrison Discusses His Latest Documentary |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/incident-in-the-old-ale-house-director-bill-morrison-discusses-his-latest-documentary/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=The Village Voice |language=en-US}}
Reception
=<small>Critical response</small>=
Collin Souter of RogerEbert.com praised the film as a thorough, investigative work—one that "should be more common in the media landscape."{{Cite web |last=Souter |first=Collin |date=2025-04-08 |title=Short Films in Focus: Incident {{!}} Short Films in Focus {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/short-films-in-focus/short-films-in-focus-incident |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en-US}}
=<small>Accolades</small>=
Incident has been selected for numerous film festivals,{{Cite web |title=Incident (2023) |url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/incident-2023 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=MUBI |via=}} and was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2025-oscars-nominees-list-1236115626/ |access-date=January 23, 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |title=The 97th Academy Awards {{!}} (2025) |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025 |access-date=January 23, 2025 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Here are the 2025 nominees for the Oscars |url=https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/here-are-the-2025-nominees-for-the-oscars |website=LAist}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=tt27990245}}
- {{YouTube|id=oW65ChIjur4|handle=|title=How Police React When a Killing Is Caught on Tape}}
- [https://vimeo.com/810585345 Excerpt of Incident on the filmmaker's official Vimeo channel]
- [https://vimeo.com/1035399590 The entire documentary on The New Yorker's official Vimeo channel]
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Category:2020s English-language films
Category:2023 short documentary films
Category:American collage films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:Filmed deaths in the United States
Category:Filmed killings in North America
Category:Films directed by Bill Morrison (director)
Category:Documentary films about law enforcement in the United States
Category:Documentary films about Chicago