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'The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain' Takes Home Top Prize At The Urbanworld Film Festival

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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain. Based on real life events, the film tells the story of Kenneth Chamberlin, a retired Marine suffering from bipolar disorder, who was murdered by police officers who responded to him mistakenly setting off his own medical alert necklace in 2011.

He was 68-years-old. The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, starring Frankie Faison, follows in the tradition of films like Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Monsters and Men in addressing state violence in narrative film.

The jury was unanimous in their choice to award the prize to Midell. “Across the board, everyone felt that it was deservedly the winner,” said Gabrielle Glore, the festival’s director and head of programming, according to.

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