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Synopsis
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.
Title | West of Memphis |
Companies | Disarming Films, WingNut Films |
Countries | United States of America, New Zealand |
Keywords | release from prison, arkansas, trial, murder, wrongful conviction, woman director, miscarriage of justice, 1990s, satanic panic, death row inmate, west memphis three |
Damien Echols
Self
Jason Baldwin
SelfPam Hobbs
Self – Stevie Branch's MotherSteve Jones
Self – Former Juvenile Officer, Crittenden CountyJohn Fogleman
Self – Former Deputy ProsecutorJerry Driver
Self – Former Juvenile Corrections OfficerSharon French
Self – Juror #9 - Echols/Baldwin TrialLorri Davis
Self – Damien's WifeMara Leveritt
Self – Author - "Devil's Knot"Martin Hill
Self – Case ResearcherDan Stidham
Self – Defense Attorney for Jessie MisskelleyJessie Misskelley Sr.
Self – Jessie's FatherSteve Drizin
Self – Law Professor, Northwestern Univ. School of LawLaura Nirider
Self – Staff Attorney, Center on Wrongful Convictions of YouthDavid Burnett
Self – Trial JudgeJennifer Bearden
Self – Childhood Friend of Damien & JasonStephanie Dollar
Self – Defense Witness - Misskelley TrialDennis Carter
Self – Defense Witness - Misskelley TrialDennis Riordan
Self – Damien Echols' Attorney
Eddie Vedder
Self – WM3 Supporter
Henry Rollins
Self – WM3 Supporter
Peter Jackson
Self – WM3 SupporterMichael Carson
Self – Former Juvenile InmateJoyce Cureton
Self – Director of Juvenile Detention, Retired
John Douglas
Self – FBI Profiler, RetiredJohn Mark Byers
Self – Adoptive Father of Christopher ByersVicki Hutcheson
Self – Prosecution WitnessVincent J.M. Di Maio
Self – Forensic PathologistJoseph Garner
Self – Neighborhood Friend of the Byers FamilyCarlos Seals
Self – Neighborhood Friend of the Byers FamilyJamie Ballard
Self – Neighbor of Stevie BranchJohn Richards
Self – Turtle BreederRachael Geiser
Self – Private InvestigatorAmanda Hobbs
Self – Stevie Branch's SisterRobert Heath Meeks
Self – Therapist
Erin Moriarty
Self – JournalistDon Horgan
Self – Damien Echols' AttorneyBarry Scheck
Self – The Innocence Project
Johnny Depp
Self – WM3 Supporter
Patti Smith
Self – WM3 Supporter