A 19-second lynching stretched into 8 minutes of unbearable witness.
Frank Embree. 9:55AM. Fayette, Missouri. July 22nd, 1899.
Direction
Myers weaponizes duration itself as narrative force.
Cinematography
Static cruelty: the camera refuses to look away.
Acting
Essandoh's physicality without dialogue—devastating.
Director
Skinner Myers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original photograph of Frank Embree's lynching was sold as a postcard in 1899; Myers discovered it in a flea market.
The film's runtime mirrors the average 'leisure' time of lynching spectators—Myers forces contemporary viewers into that same temporal complicity.
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