Movie Description:
THE TRIALS OF DARRYLH HUNT documents theaftermath of a brutal rape/murder and harrowing wrongful conviction in the modern American South. Told fromthe point-of-view of three principal subjects, an enterprising investigative journalist; an unyielding defense attorney; and a wrongfully convictedman, the film offers an eye-opening, provocative and haunting examination of a community-and a criminal justice system-subject to racial bias andtainted by fear. Chronicling this capital case from 1984 through 2004, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg painstakingly frame thejudicial and emotional responses to this chilling crime-andthe implications surrounding Darryl Hunt`s wrongful conviction-against a backdropof class and bigotry in America.
