RACE TO EXECUTION
Race to Execution explores the deep and disturbing link between race and the death penalty in America. Following the stories of two Death Row inmates - Madison Hobley of Chicago, Illinois and Robert Tarver of Russell County, Alabama - the film interweaves their compelling personal stories together with groundbreaking scholarship.
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Race to Execution explores the deep and disturbing link between race and the death penalty in America. Following the stories of two Death Row inmates - Madison Hobley of Chicago, Illinois and Robert Tarver of Russell County, Alabama - the film interweaves their compelling personal stories together with groundbreaking scholarship. Revealing how race infects our capital punishment system, Race to Execution invites dialogue into the larger community about this systemic crisis within our justice system.
Race to Execution reveals that once a victim's body is discovered, the race-of-the-victim and the accused deeply influence the legal process: from how a crime scene is investigated, to the deployment of police resources, to the interrogation and arrest of major suspects, to how media portrays the crime, and ultimately, jury selection and sentencing. Beyond DNA and beyond innocence, the shameful open secret of our capital punishment system is -- and always has been -- a matter of race.
"How do you let innocent people march to death row without someone saying 'Stop the show?"
FILM CREDITS
Director: Rachel Lyon, Producers: Jim Lopes, Rachel Lyon, Writer: Christine Intagliata, Narrator: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Cinematographer: Jim Morrissette, Editor: Ted Griffis, Music By: Leo Sidran, Associate Producers: Gerry Kim, Alessandro Rafanelli, Archival Researcher: Jacinda Davis, Research: Jonathan Perlemutter, Julien Poirier, Dan Ursini, Location Managers: Beth Iams, Pete Mitchell, Valerie Mrak, Justine Nagan, Sydnye White, Production Associate: Evan Kleinman, Additional Photography: Laura Demain, Joe Fontana, David Howard, Cayrn Johnson, Kirsten Johnson, Jon Lyon, Page McCarty, Ryan Scholl, Edward Torres, Creative Consultants: Peter Gilbert, Gordon Quinn, Jim Morrissette, Sound: Zak Piper, Joe Tyler, Graphics: Tara Askin, Graphic Design: Florence Pak, Julie Zolot, Musicians: Nils Bultmann, Nic Cowles, Philip Dizack, Billy Peterson, Matt Turer, Tim Whalen, Music Recording: Hector Coulon, Music Recording Engineer: Beau Sorenson, Audio Mix/Sound Design: Creative Audio Post, Jacques Boulanger, Online: Teatown Communications Group, Online Editor: Jon Fordham, Outreach Coordinator: Hillary Kolos, Website Designers: Tara Askin, Anna Lowe
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