Two Towns of Jasper
One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth.
3.5
Length90 mins
LanguageEnglish
Release Date2002-01-13
StatusReleased
Documentary
Synopsis
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.