LESS LETHAL (Documentary Short)

2021 | Director | Cinematographer | Editor | 13:47

When a 16-year-old boy is critically injured from less-lethal ammunition injuries during the Black Lives Matter protests in Austin, Texas, the family wants answers. Taking matters into his own hands, a tech worker turned internet sleuth uses found footage of the event to try to solve the case.

Screenings

World Premiere at the 2021 Austin Film Festival (Best Documentary Short nominee)

NPR Weekend Edition Student Film Showcase Selection 2021

Ridgeway Independent Film Festival Winner of the Micheal Stipe Award 2021

Official Selection of the 2021 Big Sky Film Festival

Official Selection of the 2021 Portland Film Festival

Official Selection of the 2021 Dallas International Film Festival

Official Selection of the 2021 Awareness Film Festival

Official Selection of the 2021 American Documentary and Animation Film Festival

Official Selection of the 2021 Worldfest Houston international Film Festival

PRESS

“In every classic whodunnit, there's a crime, then the police arrive, look through the evidence, find the suspect, and extract a confession. But what happens when the triggerman was a cop?”
- Austin Chronicle

“Weekend Edition is celebrating exceptional student filmmakers and their projects. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with student filmmaker Jaime Wilken about her documentary short "Less Lethal," about a tech worker using video of a protest to uncover how a teenage boy was shot there.”
- NPR Interview and Student Showcase