June 17th, 1994 | |
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Directed by | Brett Morgen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 53 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | June 16, 2010 |
June 17th, 1994 is a documentary film by Brett Morgen released as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. [1]
The documentary details the events of June 17, 1994, in which several noteworthy sporting events occurred during the police chase of O. J. Simpson. [2] Morgen says the diversity of the events provides an opportunity "to look at the soul of America". [3]
The documentary features no narration and also no interviews and consists simply of clips from news sources throughout the day. [3]
There are rare clips of sportscasters like Chris Berman and Bob Costas talking to their producers about how to deal with the O.J. story within the context of the events they were covering. [4]
Robert Lloyd wrote in The Los Angeles Times : "Morgen juxtaposes the events of that day in a kind of associative round robin, finding points of contrast and commonality, of similar action and visual consonance, on which to turn his film. But he offers no other, more remote perspective; this is not a summing up of events, but rather a meditation, of an elemental sort, not just on sports but on the way of the world." [5]
Rolling Stone writer Noel Murray ranks June 17th, 1994 as the best documentary in the 30 for 30 series as he saw the montage style of the film as a reflection on "how viewers process television", and argues that it comments on "how the media struggles to make sense of events that have no clear outcome." [1]
Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated called it a "tremendously fun watch". [6]
The events detailed in the documentary that occurred during the chase of Simpson are as follows.
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