Civil unrest erupts after a Police Officer kills an unarmed man during a traffic stop. The officer gives his version of events as the case statement interviewer unravels the incident one murky layer at a time.
Based on too many fatal traffic stops for Black men, "Unarmed Man" tells a fictionalized case statement recording by a Police Officer after killing an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop. Officer Greg Yelich gives his recounting of the shooting in a scathing examination of racial profiling, prejudice and violence as the case statement inter- viewer (Aaron Williamson) digs for the truth one murky layer at a time. Is this a case of an Officer doing his job or something much worse?—North Carolina Black Film Festival