Rent Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
4.1 of 5 from 61 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
This dark odyssey began with the tragic murders of three 8-year-old boys, whose bodies were discovered in a shallow creek in West Memphis, Arkansas. The community demanded justice, and one month later the police delivered: three local teenagers accused of sacrificing the boys as part of a Satanic ritual. Despite overwhelming public antipathy towards them, defendants Damian Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley steadfastly maintained their innocence. Although the trial produced virtually no physical evidence connecting the defendants to the crime, the town, the jury, and the police felt that they had their killers, and used the young men's penchant for heavy metal music and black clothing and a fascination with the Wicca religion as evidence of their guilt. With unprecedented access to all the players, Berlinger and Sinofsky captured the events as they unfolded before their cameras. From actual courtroom footage and clandestine jailhouse interviews to behind the scenes strategy meetings and intimate portraits of grief-stricken families, "Paradise Lost" is a shocking yet uniquely American real-life drama. - Actors:
- Tony Brooks, Diana Davis, Terry Wood, Dick Clay, Jenna Newton, Gary Gitchell, Tommy Stacy, Melissa Byers, Todd Moore, Dana Moore, Pam Hobbs, Jessie Misskelley Sr., Gail Grinnell, Joe Hutchinson, John Mark Byers, Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley, David Burnett, Darwin Stow
- Directors:
- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Producers:
- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Voiced By:
- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Writers:
- Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Studio:
- Artefact Films
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
