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For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

American Trial: The Eric Garner Story

October 12, 2019
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, #4, New York, NY 10023, United States

Eric Garner said “I can’t breathe” 11 times before he was released from NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo’s illegal chokehold. In spite of the coroner’s report, which ruled Garner’s death a homicide, Pantaleo was never charged with a crime. Turning the theater into a jury box, this film stages the trial that never happened, bringing together eyewitnesses, Garner’s friends, his widow, and experts on deadly force and other relevant topics. The screening is followed by a Q and A with the filmmaker, Roee Messinger, and Garner’s widow, Esaw Snipes. —C.J.F.