West of Memphis (2012)

Release Date: December 31st, 2012

Director: Amy Berg

Writers: Amy Berg, Billy McMillin

Actors: Damien Wayne Echols, Jason Baldwin, Jessie Miskelly, Julie Ann Doan, Lorris Davis, Pam Hobbs

Genre: Documentary

MPAA Rating: Not available

Official site: www.westofmemphisfilm.com

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

West of Memphis is an examination of a failure of justice in Arkansas.
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 American South.“West of Memphis” is a powerful documentary that chronicles the new investigation surrounding the “West Memphis Three,” which ultimately broke the case open and led to the freedom of three innocent men: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. Beginning with a searing examination of the fatally flawed police investigation into the 1993 murders of three, eight year old boys in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, the film goes on to reveal personal insight into Echols’ fight to save his own life; how he survived eighteen years on death row and eventually freed himself from the hatred and ignorance of those who had tried to destroy him. The film asks the question that still haunts Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley to this day – what value do we, as a society place on the truth?