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WEST OF MEMPHIS Official Trailer And Poster
Academy Award-winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh present WEST OF MEMPHIS,
An investigative documentary directed by Academy Award-Nominated filmmaker Amy Berg and produced by Damien Echols and Lorri Davis
What began as an investigation to expose key developments in an infamous murder case, developed into a devastating account of what happens when justice fails both the living and the dead. From Academy Award-nominated director Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) in collaboration with first time producers Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, and acclaimed Academy Award-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, comes WEST OF MEMPHIS, a powerful examination of a catastrophic failure of justice in Arkansas. It tells the inside story behind a desperate fight to bring the truth to light – which ultimately lead three young men, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. — once branded as “killers” — to reclaim their freedom.
PRESS & PUBLIC SCREENINGS AT SUNDANCE:
Friday January 20 at 8:30am Holiday 1, Park City – P&I SCREENING
Friday January 20 at 4:45pm MARC, Park City – WORLD PREMIERE/ARRIVALS
Saturday January 21 at 8:30am Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
Saturday January 21 at 5:30pm Salt Lake City Library, SLC
Tuesday January 24 at 5:30pm Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Saturday January 28 at 6:00pm Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City
SYNOPSIS:
A new documentary written and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Amy Berg (Deliver us From Evil) and produced by first time filmmakers Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, in collaboration with the multiple Academy Award winning team of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, WEST OF MEMPHIS tells the untold story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light.
Starting with a searing examination of the police investigation into the 1993 murders of three, eight year old boys Christopher Byers, Steven Branch and Michael Moore in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, the film reveals the story from the inside. West of Memphis uncovers new evidence surrounding the arrest and conviction of the other three victims of this shocking crime – Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley; all three of whom were teenagers at the time of their arrests and all three of whom were imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
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