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Two Towns of Jasper(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-01-13
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Time: 1h 30m
One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth.
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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.
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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.
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2002-01-13
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One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth.
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