''When Claude Got Shot'' is a 2021 American
documentary
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film, directed and produced by
Brad Lichtenstein
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* Brad (given name), a masculine given name
Places
* Brad, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County, Romania
* Brad, a village in Berești-Bistrița Commune, Bacău County, Romania
* Brad, a village in Filipeni, Bacău, Romania
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serves as an executive producer under his Snoopadelic Pictures banner. The film follows Claude Motley, who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion only to be a victim of gun violence.
The film had its world premiere at
South by Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has conti ...
on March 17, 2021.
Synopsis
The film follows Claude Motley, who returns to his hometown for a high school reunion, only to be a victim of gun violence. Two days later, his assailant goes after a woman, Victoria Davison, who shoots him during the struggle, and feels guilty upon the discovery the assailant is paralyzed from the waist down. In a single weekend, three families’ lives are changed by gun violence.
Release
The film had its world premiere at
South by Southwest
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. It began in 1987 and has conti ...
on March 17, 2021.
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{{EmmyAward Documentary Filmmaking
2021 films
2021 documentary films
American documentary films
Biographical documentary films
Documentary films about African Americans
Primetime Emmy Award–winning broadcasts
2020s English-language films
2020s American films
Works about gun politics in the United States
English-language documentary films