"Especially relevant in light of fighting in Gaza, the 2024 election and a resurgence in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate in the United States."
— The News & Observer
On February 10, 2015, three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, NC were gunned down while eating dinner at home by their neighbor. While the perpetrator was quickly apprehended, local police gave him the benefit of the doubt and his story about a parking dispute became the official motivation used by both law enforcement and the media. That is, until the family of the victims began to speak out and attract the attention of federal officials, who then investigated the murders as a hate crime.
36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime tells this saga in harrowing detail, from the perspective of those who lived it. The film is a vital case study for understanding hate crime law and documents the rising tide of Islamophobia that accompanied the 2016 Trump campaign and stubbornly remains in our political discourse.
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