‘Emanuel’ is an Unrelenting, Must-See Documentary on the Charleston Shooting

Written by Valerie Ettenhofer

In the past few years, a campaign has sprung up across social media, one that hopes to elevate victims and survivors of mass violence without making their attacker famous. To an extent, the campaign has worked, but not before “Dylann Roof” became shorthand for every dangerous young racist in America.

Emanuel, an endlessly generous gift of a documentary d…