This Brave Cop Was The Alabama Sheriff Without A Gun

This is a short film that honors Tom Gilmore, one of the first Black Sheriffs in Alabama back in the 1970s. He became known as the sheriff without a gun. He never use one. Never carried one. And never ran into a situation where he could not defuse the situation with kind word and understanding. I got the chance to film him as part of a national television series that I was creating of three minute television infomercials (the days of corporate image) sponsored by Mobil Oil. I had the freedom to make these portraits my way using documentary style. Tom Gilmore was a beautiful human being who touched me deeply with his approach to the people he took care of in Greene County, Alabama, one of the poorest counties in the country.

Видео This Brave Cop Was The Alabama Sheriff Without A Gun канала David Hoffman