A crowd gathers outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church following a prayer vigil nearby in Charleston, South Carolina, June 19, 2015, two days after a mass shooting left nine dead during a Bible study at the church. | (Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder) In the wake of the death of George Floyd, filmmaker Brian Ivie, who directed the documentary âEmanuelâ about the Charleston church massacre, posted a message to white viewers of the film. He pointed out that among the reactions he has come across, people have left little room for anger. "As my film, 'Emanuel' has gone out into the world, I have seen some of the most amazing reactions. Prayer meetings in movie theaters, long overdue apologies, and town halls on equity and healing. But at the same time, I have also seen many white viewers react with a kind of relief that the black people in the story 'rightly forgave' their white killer,â Ivie said on Instagram.