Note:  This event takes place at 12:00 noon Mountain Time.

On the night of Wednesday, December 12, 1945, a man robs a liquor store in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Desperate for cash the robber unintentionally shoots and kills the store clerk and sets in motion a series of events that will lead to the murder of two lawmen outside the city of Spearfish.
 
At this week’s Bellman Brown Bag Lecture, the members of Basement Revolution Films, a collaboration of three storytellers will present a synopsis of their work in progress Sitts: In the Chair. A narrative feature film closely based on the 1946 murders of DCI Agent Tom Matthews and Butte County Sheriff Dave Malcolm by George Sitts and the subsequent manhunt, capture, trial, and execution of Sitts. The film is a dark comedy and true-crime drama that explores a historic, but underexplored event in South Dakota history.

Scholars:  Dr. Justin Bergh,  Professor Skott Chandler, and Professor Allen Morris.

For more information, contact:  Allen Morris <Allen.Morris@bhsu.edu>