Synopsis
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
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Cast
- Jason BaldwinHimself
- Julie Ann DoanHerself
- Damien EcholsHimself
- Pam HobbsHerself
- Jessie MisskelleyHimself
- Lorri DavisHerself
- Eddie VedderHimself
- Peter JacksonHimself
Recommendations
- 100
Empire
Prepare to be shocked, disturbed, awed... and, if you expected justice to prevail at last, ultimately devastated. - 100
Village Voice
That makes this the most rare of films: one that indisputably matters. And one that stuns. - 90
Variety
Amy Berg's clear, captivating, indignant film carves out its own significant place in criminal-justice cinema, makes new and startling revelations into the triple-murder mystery, and is visually spectacular to boot. - 88
New York Post
This is a compelling and comprehensive guide to one of the most Kafkaesque crime stories in American history. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Thorny, blood-boiling and finely made. - 80
Total Film
A superbly detailed account of a notorious miscarriage of justice and how it was gradually unravelled. It's a tad overlong, but the passion, skill and revelations on display will captivate you. - 80
The Guardian
A gripping documentary. - 75
Slant Magazine
By taking a disturbing and sometimes conflicted look at the prejudices that led to the West Memphis Three's imprisonment, it asks murky questions about how people could get something so wrong for so long.
