West of Memphis (2012)

West of Memphis (2012)

With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense team, never-before-seen or heard personal accounts and sworn testimonies from those involved, acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson ‘s production of the tragic case of the ‘West Memphis Three‘ beautifully completes the cycle of this 20 year case of child murder, rush to judgement and horrible miscarriage of justice…

“Since 2004, Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh have quietly bankrolled DNA and forensic investigations to help free Jason Baldwin, Jesse Misskelley Jr., and Damien Echols — a.k.a. the West Memphis Three — who were convicted in 1994 of murdering three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark. At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, they will premiere West of Memphis — directed by Amy Berg and produced by Jackson and Walsh, the film chronicles the findings of their seven-year investigation into the case of the West Memphis Three….” InsideMovies