Film-maker Alvin Gray rode a rollercoaster of emotions as a young woman went ‘missing’. The result was The Nurse That Saw the Baby on the Highway
When Carlee Russell “disappeared” on the evening of 13 July, the matter was treated with a seriousness that is rarely extended to cases of missing Black women and girls.
Pictures of the 26-year-old proliferated on social media, and police in her Hoover, Alabama, hometown launched a statewide dragnet. But as the circumstances of Russell’s disappearance became more clear, the established narrative quickly unraveled.
When Carlee Russell “disappeared” on the evening of 13 July, the matter was treated with a seriousness that is rarely extended to cases of missing Black women and girls.
Pictures of the 26-year-old proliferated on social media, and police in her Hoover, Alabama, hometown launched a statewide dragnet. But as the circumstances of Russell’s disappearance became more clear, the established narrative quickly unraveled.
- 10/30/2023
- by Andrew Lawrence
- The Guardian - Film News
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