Trailer for SAWYER AVENUE, SUNDAY AFTERNOON (18’, 2026)
Bill Morrison
@billmorrison.bsky.social
I make films: Decasia, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Incident
In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents and federal agents. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Inside an Immigration Arrest That Sparked a Neighborhood Protest
In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents and federal agents.
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My new short film “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon” (18’, 2026) may now be viewed via @newyorker.com Produced with @invisible.institute
In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents and federal agents. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Lawsuit Over 2018 Police Killing Of South Shore Barber Will Get New Trial
Harith 'Snoop' Augustus was fatally shot five times by a Chicago police officer. A new trial has been ordered in a lawsuit brought by his mom after judges found city lawyers improperly removed two Bla...
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I will be in conversation with Maciej Drygas after a screening of his award winning film TRAINS Pociągi / Trains/ Drygas Film Production Tribeca Screening Room 375 Greenwich Street #2, NYC Saturday 8 November- 3:00pm FREE reserve tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/trains-by-...
TRAINS by MACIEJ DRYGAS - Screening and Discussion
Discussion between filmmakers Maciej Drygas and Bill Morrison to follow the screening.
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THE VANGUARD TAPES Screening Sat 10/4 at 2:30pm at Immersion Room, 70 Washington Sq South, 7th floor. Q&A with Ben Ratliff DM me for more info!
Jazz people, do not miss Bill Morrison's short film The Vanguard Tapes, in First Look at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social tonight at 8; it's a trove of wit and wisdom, anecdote and analysis, that will stay in mind long after talking-heads talking-over-music documentaries are forgotten.
Dawson City: Frozen Time will screen as past of IFC Center’s 20 for 20 series: SAT SEP 27 - 1:10pm TUE SEP 30 - 6:55pm w Q&A WED OCT 1 - 1:40pm www.ifccenter.com/films/dawson... Hope to see some of you there!
IFC Center - Dawson City: Frozen Time
Tuesday, September 30 at 6:55: Q&A with director Bill Morrison after the screening Bill Morrison (Decasia, The Great Flood) pieces together the bizarre history of a collection of 500 films from the 19...
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Ari Aster's Eddington on digital, Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time on Tubi, and more streaming picks of the week.
New to Streaming: Eddington, Dawson City: Frozen Time, The Legend of Ochi & More
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Dawson City: Frozen Time (...
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GHOST OF THE PAST international premiere today 28.06 at Il Cinema Ritrovato: festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezion...
Recovered&Documentaries: Les Mistons/Bobita | Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival
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Make no mistake: this bill officially strips the judiciary of whatever teeth it may still have.
CHICAGO - Free INCIDENT screening Wednesday 21 May at 7:00pm at The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center do312.com/events/2025/...
Community Film Screening: Incident at The Dusable Black History Museum and Education ...
Check out Community Film Screening: Incident at The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago on May 21, 2025 and get detailed info for the event - tickets, photos, video and review...
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INCIDENT has won the National Magazine Award for video. Join Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven for a free screening of INCIDENT at the DuSable Black History Museum on Wednesday May 21 at 7:00pm. This screening and conversation is presented by Common Cause.
darker - LIVE! sunday 4 may - noon BRIC 649 fulton street, brooklyn music by david lang performed by Ensemble Signal film by Bill Morrison Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2025 bangonacan.org/long-play-20...
“Incident,” a short documentary directed by Bill Morrison and produced by Jamie Kalven, received the National Magazine Award for video. Rewatch the film, which was also nominated for an Academy Award this year.
“Incident” Shows How Officers React When a Police Killing Is Caught on Tape
A collection of surveillance and body-camera footage offers a raw look at the 2018 shooting of Harith Augustus, and at the immediate attempts to shape the story.
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• GHOST OF THE PAST (7’, 2025) Music by @bill.frisell World premiere at @tcmfilmfest Saturday April 26 at 9:00am, preceding a nitrate print screening of DAISY KENYON (99’, 1947) at @egyptianla Hollywood, CA
On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/gLcGiQiV
Join me on April 5th
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And the Award for Best Short Film goes to ... Incident – Bill Morrison (Director-Producer); Jamie Kalven (Producer) This is the first win and nomination for Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven.
It’s here, people. Protest in the streets every night! protest.one/calendar/
Calendar – PROTEST_NYC
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I wrote a journal piece for @talkhouse.bsky.social outlining my tumultuous and highly itinerant Winter 2025 www.talkhouse.com/a-uniquely-a...
A Uniquely American Story: My Winter 2025
Bill Morrison chronicles being an Oscar nominee, the death of his mother and political turmoil at the start of a tumultuous year.
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Demonstrators to take over NYC's Federal Plaza after Mahmoud Khalil is arrested by ICE
The Columbia University graduate, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian protests, was detained Saturday night and told that his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said.
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Feed: "The Daily Notebook" By: Juan Camilo Velásquez on Thursday, February 20, 2025
A God’s-Eye Montage
In Bill Morrison’s Oscar-nominated “Incident,” surveillance images approximate omniscience to investigate a police killing.
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Filmmaker @billmorrison.bsky.social unveils the power of contemporary archive in Oscar nominated documentary ‘Incident’ - a harrowing exploration of police collusion directorsnotes.com/2025/02/20/b... #filmsky #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Oscars2025 #documentary
Incident by Bill Morrison // Documentary // Directors Notes
Bill Morrison discusses the defined parameters he adhered to when constructing his haunting Oscar nominated documentary short about a 2018 police shooting.
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Today at The Reveal I posted my annual ranked list of the 15 Oscar shorts. An excellent crop of films, by and large, particularly the docs. Bill Morrison's "Incident" is major. thereveal.substack.com/p/worst-to-b...
Worst to Best: The 2025 Oscar Shorts Nominees
Our annual ranked list may not give you an edge in Oscar pools, but there's still plenty of good films to see here.
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I find it a bit discouraging that the outgoing message on @Schumer.senate.gov New York office 212-496-4430 announces that his Washington office will be closed from December 23rd, 2024 to January 2nd, 2025 and is not taking incoming messages.
There will be a free theatrical screening of INCIDENT, presented by The @newyorker.com, with Q&A by me New York - Thurs Feb 6, 7:00pm DCTV’s Firehouse Theater 87 Lafayette Street New York NY 10013 Los Angeles - Tue Feb 10, 7:00pm WME Screening Room 9601 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210
I was interviewed by Madeleine Brand of @kcrw.com Press Play about my film INCIDENT. I thought it came out well www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
‘First thing we hear is a lie’: Body cam footage of police shooting of Harith Augustus
Oscar nominee “Incident” uses police body and dashboard cameras, plus security cameras, to show a multi-angle replay of a Black man dying at the hands of Chicago law enforcement in 2018.
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@newyorker.com released two short films that have been nominated for the @academyawards.bsky.social - INCIDENT (short documentary) and I’M NOT A ROBOT (short live action)