2012 · documentary · supernatural
West of Memphis
Directed by Amy J. Berg2h 30m2012
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.
Our read: West of Memphis (2012) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured documentary / supernatural, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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