Independent Lens · SEASON 23

When Claude Got Shot

Episode 14 · 2022-05-09

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Episode overview

In Milwaukee, a 15-year-old attempted to carjack law student Claude Motley and shot him in the face. Through multiple surgeries and catastrophic health care bills, the effects of gun violence upends Claude’s life. Yet he still finds himself torn between punishment for the young man and the injustice of mass incarceration for Black men and boys. Can he find mercy in his heart for his attacker?

Season 23 episodes

1. Cured2021-10-11 2. Ferguson Rises2021-11-08 3. Storm Lake2021-11-15 4. Duty Free2021-11-22 5. Home From School: The Children of Carlisle2021-11-23 6. A Reckoning in Boston2022-01-17 7. Missing in Brooks County2022-01-31 8. Owned: A Tale of Two Americas2022-02-07 9. Bulletproof2022-02-14 10. Apart2022-02-21 11. Writing With Fire2022-03-28 12. AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness2022-04-04 13. Try Harder!2022-05-02 14. When Claude Got Shot2022-05-09 15. Scenes From The Glittering World2022-05-16