| Traffic Stop | |
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| Directed by | Kate Davis David Heilbroner |
Production company | Q-Ball Productions |
| Distributed by | HBO Films |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Traffic Stop is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner.
It chronicles a white police officer's stop and, ultimately, arrest of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas. [1]
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards. [2] [3] After airing on HBO, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary at the 40th News and Documentary Emmy Award. [4] It received generally positive reviews from critics. [5]
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