The true story of a body armor maker in '2nd Chance' trailer

"I hit the jackpot." This doc is crazy!! Bleecker Street + Showtime have unveiled the trailer for 2nd Chance, the first documentary directed by acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (known for Goodbye Solo, At Any Price, 99 Houses, The White Tiger). This premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and it also made stops at the SXSW, Miami and Chicago Critics film festivals. I loved this doc in my coverage of Sundance, one of the best films from festivals this year. 2nd Chance is a documentary chronicling the life of Richard Davis, the (infamous) man who invented the modern body armor / concealable body armor; he committed suicide 196 times during his career to prove the effectiveness of his vests. But that's not really what this movie is really about, it's his obsession with cops shooting robbers, and how he permeated and encouraged a culture of violence. I wrote about this in my Sundance review: "A reminder, there are people who will be happy to profit from death and violence. They don't care about your life..."

Here is the official trailer (+ poster) of the documentary 2nd Chance by Ramin Bahrani, direct from YouTube:

Broken, brave and brash, Richard Davis committed suicide 192 times. Why? To test his own invention - the modern body armor and start a multi-million dollar business called Second Chance. He was a hero for the police and the military, until tragedy and crime brought him down. It's an American story of guns, violence, lies and self-deception. 2nd Chance is directed by acclaimed Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, director narrative films Strangers, Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, To n' Any Price, 99 Homes, Fahrenheit 451 and The White Tiger, making his first feature-length documentary. Produced by Ramin Bahrani, Charles Dorfman, Johnny Galvin, Jacob Grodnik and Daniel M. Turcan. This originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (read our review). Bleecker + Showtime will release Bahrani's documentary 2nd Chance in select US theaters starting December 2, 2022. Who's Interested?

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