The Trials of Darryl Hunt
106 minutes, 2005
Fri. Oct 13, 9:15PM, Throckmorton
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In 1984 Deborah Sykes, a white copy editor for a Winston-Salem newspaper, was raped and murdered two blocks from her office. With no physical evidence and relying almost entirely on eyewitness testimony from witnesses that included a career criminal and a Klansman, the all-white jury unanimously convicted Darryl Hunt, a 19-year-old black man, and sentenced him to life in prison. The Trials of Darryl Hunt was shot over a period of more than 10 years and uses personal accounts and exclusive footage to describe Hunt's unyielding 20-year quest for vindication by the North Carolina legal system. This alternately infuriating and uplifting documentary is a testament to human dignity in the face of the government's refusal to admit a mistake, even when confronted with overwhelming evidence of innocence. Filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg challenge us to ponder what, exactly, has changed when it comes to black defendants and the American justice system. — P. Troy
Director: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern
Producer: Katie Brown, William Rexer II, Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Screenwriter: Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Cinematographer: William Rexer II, John Foster
Editor: Shannon Kennedy
Print Source:
Break Thru Films
30 West 26th Street
7th Floor
New York, NY, 10010
Tel: 917.621.7212
