Out of Omaha

Nov 10 2018 N/A 1h 32m
Documentary

OUT OF OMAHA is an intimate portrait of twin brothers Darcell and Darrell Trotter, two young black men coming of age in North Omaha. Director Clay Tweel met the Trotters when they were seventeen and filmed them over a period of eight years. By intimately portraying the twins’ hopes and struggles – and the love and help they give and get along the way – the film examines just how much it can take to overcome disadvantages rooted in historic injustice. Connecting us deeply to its heroes, OUT OF OMAHA takes concepts like inequality, racial disparity, and economic opportunity out of the abstract, showing what these large-scale phenomena look like when they are experienced by individual human beings.

Plot

Follows twin black brothers as they come of age in racially divided Omaha, Nebraska. The film examines what it takes to overcome systemic injustice.

Written by

Damien Michael Belliveau, Tim Grant, Ryan Johnston

Directed by

Clay Tweel

Cast

Anthony Beasley, Dedrick Bell, Olivia Brown

Crew

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Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
137
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA