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title: 'Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barak Goodman'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scottsboro-an-american-tragedy-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240885/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2001)

2001 · 84 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Daniel Anker and Barak Goodman. The film is based on one of the longest-running and most controversial courtroom pursuits of racism in American history, which led to nine black teenaged men being wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in Alabama. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barak Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/barak-goodman), [Daniel Anker](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-anker)

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Official site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/scottsboro-an-american-tragedy-2001
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