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Trouble at Lake Monroe

After a violent confrontation in the Indiana woods goes viral, the white perpetrators and Black victim look to resolve the case outside of the criminal court system.

Series

Independent Lens

Premiere Date

April 26, 2021

Length

15 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Don Sawyer

Director

Don Sawyer founded A Bigger Vision Films in 2014. His film Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness won the Best Hoosier Lens award at the Indy Film Fest and screened at the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival. Don was the coordinating producer for the ReelzChannel series How to Survive a Murder.