Plot Synopsis

Directed by filmmaker Tigre Hill, 72 SECONDS IN RITTENHOUSE SQUARE is a three-part documentary that unravels the complex and nuanced story of two strangers, Sean Schellenger and Michael White, whose lives intersected in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square on July 12, 2018. The series explores both sides, focusing a lens on these two men: an aspiring rapper and a successful real-estate developer. What really happened that night? Chilling, never-before-seen cellphone video of the fatal clash reveals a stunning twist that blew this case and story wide open. The docuseries navigates dueling perspectives and encourages audiences to question, doubt, and challenge everything they may have believed about this case before. All three one-hour episodes of 72 SECONDS IN RITTENHOUSE SQUARE dropped on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 on Paramount+:

"A Fateful Encounter": On July 12th, 2018, a deliveryman with no criminal past stabs a developer to death in Philadelphia's toniest neighborhood. What really happened that night?

"Was It Murder": Philly's D.A. lowers charges in the case: what happened that night was not murder, he says. But the victim's family is outraged.

"What Did You See": The case goes to trial with evidence that should be determinative: cell phone video of the stabbing. But what does the video really show? Is this justice?