The Trials of Darryl Hunt
2006, Film, 106 min, Crime, Documentary, English, 0, MoviePedia score 71
A battle for truth. The fight of a lifetime.
"The Trials of Darryl Hunt" is a feature documentary about a brutal rape/murder case and a wrongly convicted man, Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Both a social justice story and a personally driven narrative, the film chronicles this capital case from 1984 through 2004. With exclusive footage from two decades, the film frames the judicial and emotional response to a chilling crime - and the implications that reverberate from Hunt's conviction - against a backdrop of class and racial bias in the South and in the American criminal justice system.
Directed by Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg
Cast
- Evelyn Jefferson as Self - Deborah Sykes' Mother
- Fred Flagler as Self - Former Editor, Winston-Salem Sentinel
- John Reeves as Self - Crime Stoppers Coordinator
- Mary Anne Sheboy as Self - Former Reporter, WXII
- Mark Rabil as Self - Defense Attorney
- Gordon Jenkins as Self - Defense Attorney
- Darryl Hunt as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Larry Little as Self - Winston-Salem City Alderman
- Joseph Masten as Self - Winston-Salem City Chief of Police
- Sammy Mitchell as Self - Piedmont Correctional Facility
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