Trayvon Martin Story Rest In Power – 6 part Docu-Series Premiers tonight 9/10PM On @BET
“Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” a potent, moving six-part documentary offering fresh insight into the 2012 killing of unarmed teen Martin by 28-year-old vigilante George Zimmerman.
The docu-series chronicles why this slaying of a young black man — a crime that often goes uncovered in the media — made headlines, inspired protests, moved a president and forced a national reckoning.
Premiering Monday on BET and the Paramount Network, “Rest in Power” delves deep into the specifics of the 17-year-old’s homicide, the police investigation, the trial and the acquittal. But it’s the way in which directors Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason connect new and old details of the case with its wide-spread effect that makes “Rest in Power” a comprehensive, emotional and brutally honest look at America since that fatal shooting.
And it’s been a wild ride through one of the more tumultuous periods in modern American history. Martin’s killing and Zimmerman’s acquittal helped ignite social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, galvanized alt-right advocates around issues of white separatism and ultimately influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
Trayvon Martin Story Rest in power
#ParamountNetwork is proud to present #RestInPower: The #TrayvonMartinStory, a six-part docu-series beginning tonight at 10/9c. pic.twitter.com/DH8f2i0yMA
— Paramount Network (@paramountnet) July 30, 2018
Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story will include appearances from Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, Reverend Al Sharpton, Angela Rye, Angela Davis and Carmelo Anthony, Martin family lawyer Donald Crump, among others.
The doc will also go into great depth on the criminal examination into the investigation, trial, and the not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman, who shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old on the night of February 26, 2012. On Drake’s new album, Scorpion, JAY-Z also dropped a line about the controversial “neighborhood watch” patrolman via the song “Talk It” when he rapped, “I got your President tweetin’, I won’t even meet with him/Y’all killed X and let Zimmerman live/ Streets is done.”
Source: L.A. Times and Hip Hop DX
