Documentary
Two Towns of Jasper
"One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth."
User Score1 votes
70%7.0/10
Release2002→
Runtime1H 30M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk in Jasper, Texas, the location for a racially motivated murder of an African American man in 1998.
Media4
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Posters
Director
Whitney Dow
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Keywords
texasmurderracismtorturelynchinghate crimedragging a bodywhite supremaciststorture victimmurder victimracist murder























