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Two Towns of Jasper (2002)

Two Towns of Jasper (2002)

Documentary

One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth.

Release Date: 2002, January 13
Directors: Whitney Dow, Marco Williams

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

murder torture racism texas white supremacists hate crime lynching murder victim torture victim dragging a body racist murder