"Frank Embree" Trailer
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11 years ago, writer/director Skinner Myers saw an old photograph of the last moments in the life of Frank Embree who remained strong after receiving over 100 lashes. He felt a connection with the man in the photograph as well as a rush of emotions that stayed with him through Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and USC Film School. Over the years, he learned more of his story: Frank Embree was a black man accused of raping a white girl (although there were no witnesses) and was overtaken by a mob while being moved to the courthouse for his trial. Skinner Myers pondered the image over the years, running through a gamut of emotions from anger, helplessness, frustration, sadness, and finally took it upon himself to do what he could do for this man from history: he memorialized him in film.
To learn more about the film visit: https://www.frankembreefilm.com
Writer/Director: Skinner Myers
Producers: Skinner Myers | Bernardo Duran Jr. | Matthew Halla | Skinner Myers | Mu Sun
Composer: Sebastian Kauderer
Cinematographer: Matthew Halla
Editor: J.A. Conway
Special FX Makeup: Susan Laprelle | Alexandria Storm
Sound Designer: Corey Eccles
VFX: Gregory Jones | Arliss Gammil
Colorist: Gabriele Turchi
1st Assistant Camera: Jaime Busby
2nd Assistant Camera: Jorge Gomez
3rd Assistant Camera: Amina Zadeh
Key Grip: Diego Rentsch
Set Photographer: Josiah Myers
Actors: Skinner Myers as Frank Embree, Ato Essandoh (Chicago Med, Jason Bourne, X-Men: Dark Phoenix) as Charles Embree (voice), and J. Marvin Campbell (Ray Donavan, Justified) as Wood Doughtery