Two Towns of Jasper

Two Towns of Jasper

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

2002•1h 30m•7.0/10

Documentary

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7.0/10(1)

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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