Two Towns of Jasper

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

7.5

2 votes

2002

1h 30m

Documentary

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.

Directed by Whitney Dow, Marco Williams