The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Directors:

Ricki Stern
Anne Sundberg

Writers:

Ricki Stern (writer)
Anne Sundberg (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Crime

Plot:

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt" is a feature documentary about a brutal rape/murder case and a wrongly convicted man...

Plot Keywords:

Wrongful Conviction | Trial | Murder | North Carolina | African American

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Darryl Hunt

...

Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material including violent images and descriptions, and brief strong language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Break Thru Films

Soundtrack:

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This film is a sweeping, comprehensive and harrowing account of one man's nightmarish journey through a biased, racist and inept justice system. If you liked "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" or "The Thin Blue Line," this is a movie for you. However, much of the injustice here, conversely, is racially motivated in nature, and like the aforementioned, heaping with negligence and corruption perpetrated by "the man." Not to be taken lightly at all, dear Darryl spent 20 years of his life in prison on the basis of an erroneous conviction. A 1994 DNA test exonerated him 1o years into his sentence, clearing him of rape and murder, yet, North Carolina's courts didn't want to hear it, and Hunt served another 10 years before finally being released in 2004. Truly horrifying. Why aren't some of these corrupt D.A.'s and policemen behind bars? For they took a life, or the better part of one. Overall, this film is fairly presented, executed exceptionally well and profoundly powerful. Which begs the question: how many more Darryl Hunts are really out there?