A LIFE UNCEREMONIOUSLY CUT SHORT

“Trayvon Martin’s father texted me,” Ronald Davis says in 3 1/2 Minutes. “‘I just want to welcome you into a club that nobody wants to be in.’”

Those chilling words, sent to Davis after his son, Jordan, was fatally shot by 45-year-old Michael Dunn following a dispute over loud rap music, evoked an audible gasp from the crowd at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of Marc Silver’s riveting documentary. 3 1/2 Minutes gives unprecedented access to the trial of Michael Dunn — who claims he shot Davis in self-defense — with courtroom video, recorded conversations with an imprisoned Dunn and interviews with Davis’ family and friends. The end result is a devastating, emotional documentary that left much of the audience in tears by the time the credits rolled.


Orange rods show the path of the bullets that Michael Dunn shot at 17-year-old Jordan Davis and his friends.
Source: 3 1/2 Minutes Film
Perhaps lost amid press coverage of Trayvon Martin’s death in 2012 and the 2014 deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner is the tragic passing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis on Nov. 23, 2012. Davis’ story may not have generated the same degree of attention from #BlackLivesMatter activists and the press because justice was eventually served in his case. Dunn was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2014 — but it’s exactly how we got there that makes 3 1/2 Minutes significant.