Given his background in journalism, it’s little wonder that director Edward Zwick turned to an investigative reporter’s work as the basis for his latest film, “Trial by Fire.” The film is based on an article of the same name by David Grann published in the New Yorker in 2009 about a Texas man who was almost certainly wrongfully executed for the murder of his three children; DNA evidence exonerated ... more >
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TRIAL BY FIRE, our interview with Edward Zwick
"I’m seeing people come out of this almost transcendent"
“Trial by fire,” or when the Texas penal system is put under the microscope for negligence
Produced by Allyn Stewart, Kipp Nelson, Edward Zwick and Alex Soros
Jack O’Connell, Laura Dern and Emily Meade
Directed by Edward Zwick
“Trial by Fire” is the true story of the unlikely bond that developped between a death row inmate (Jack O'Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, although she faced great odds, fought hard for his freedom. Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak and a criminal record, was convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992. During ... more >