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Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman. The film is based on one of the longest-running and most controversial courtroom pursuits of racism in American history, which led to nine black teenaged men being wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in Alabama. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Original Release
01/31/2000
US Release
01/31/2000
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kimmo Virtanen | Narrator |
Nesbitt Blaisdell | Voices |
Sam Catlin | Voices |
Jeffrey DeMunn | Voices |
Frances McDormand | Voices |
Daver Morrison | Voices |
Stanley Tucci | Voices |
Lee Wilkof | Voices |
Harris Yulin | Voices |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kimmo Virtanen | Narrator |
Nesbitt Blaisdell | Voices |
Sam Catlin | Voices |
Jeffrey DeMunn | Voices |
Frances McDormand | Voices |
Daver Morrison | Voices |
Stanley Tucci | Voices |
Lee Wilkof | Voices |
Harris Yulin | Voices |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Margaret Drain | Executive Producer |
Barak Goodman | Producer |
Daniel Anker | Producer |
Trina Quagliaroli | Producer |
Mark Samels | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2001 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |
2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Non-Fiction Special | Won |