MemphisTV is considering to, would like to, or/and is going to make and produce a documentary(documentaries) about Tyre Nichols and his case.
Killing of Tyre Nichols: It is said that on January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was fatally injured by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, dying three days later.
Tyre Nichols protests: It is said that protests over the killing of Tyre Nichols began on January 27, 2023, following the release of police body camera and surveillance footage showing five Black officers from the Memphis Police Department beating Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man.
Documentary film: It is said that a documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to “document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record”.
Ken Burns: It is said that Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture.
Ken Burns’ documentary series: It is said that his widely known documentary series include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019). He was said to be also executive producer of both The West (1996), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015). It is said that Burns’s documentaries have earned two Academy Award nominations (for 1981’s Brooklyn Bridge and 1985’s The Statue of Liberty) and have won several Emmy Awards, among other honors.
MemphisTV and Tyre Nichols’ Case: MemphisTV and the Memphis Times are designed or intended to serve the local communities around Memphis and Shelby County in Tennessee in the U.S.A. It is one of the ways through which those local media can contribute to the local communities to try to make or produce such a documentary and deal with such issues, creatively or critically, including, but not limited to Tyre Nichols’ case.
The topics or issues which can be addressed in the documentary of Tyre Nichols.
– The story of Tyre Nichols’ life.
– The death of Tyre Nichols.
– Memphis Police Department.
– The culture of/in the local law enforcement agencies.
– The reality and culture of manipulation of records in the local governments.
– Why and how Tyre Nichols was dead.
– The impact, sensation, reverberation, legacy of his death.
– The moral duty of those who survived.
– What are you going to do?
Production period: 12 month ~ 24 month.
Production budget: 50,000 dollars ~ 750,000 dollars.
Production media: AmericanTV, MemphisTV, and the Memphis Times.
Producer: Mr. Hwang.
Director: Mr. Hwang or another director.
Published: June 13, 2023