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Paradise lost 2
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paradise lost 2

The sentiments of Jessie Misskelley’s Jr.’s father predict the theme of the first Paradise Lost documentary. “I think the cops just can’t find who done it, and they gotta put it on somebody.” Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills As a whole, the three documentaries stand up to the Werner Herzog classic The Thin Blue Line in terms of power and, in the end, real-world effectiveness. It is this unique yet cohesive nature that makes the new Docurama set particularly strong and a must-have for legal documentary enthusiasts. While all three documentaries work together seamlessly as one narrative, they each have their own particular strengths and stylistic markers.

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Songs by Metallica are used throughout all three documentaries in accordance with the heavy metal-Satanism-ritual sacrifice line of thought that ran throughout the trial and has long been blamed for the wrongful convictions of Echols, Misskelley Jr. Berlinger and Sinofsky incorporate their own original footage, as well as footage from local and national newscasts, to construct the story of the three murdered boys and the three accused killers. The three documentaries are incredibly powerful, in part thanks to their consistent shooting and styling. The set also includes a 20-page booklet of original photographs with annotations by Joe Berlinger. and Baldwin, popularly known as the West Memphis Three (WM3).ĭocurama’s DVD set includes all three documentaries with their original special features repackaged alongside a bonus materials disc. Offering more than seven hours of documentary footage and extras, the Paradise Lost Trilogy Collector’s Edition is the definitive chronicle of the trial and subsequent legal struggles of Echols, Misskelley Jr. The three landmark documentaries have now been released by Docurama as the Paradise Lost Trilogy Collector’s Edition DVD set. The first Paradise Lost documentary, released in 1996, was followed by two sequels, Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000) and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011). The resulting trial would go down in American legal history thanks to a documentary shot by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky for HBO called Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. and Jason Baldwin for the murders of Stevie Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers. Under intense media and public pressure, the West Memphis police department arrested teens Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. In fact, the murders garnered so much media attention that they would remain on the minds of individuals around the world-not because of the three boys who were murdered, but because of the three young men who were convicted in 19 for their murders. The brutal murder of the three boys outraged the conservative West Memphis community and made headlines throughout the South and Midwest. On, the bodies of three young boys were found near a muddy creek in West Memphis, Arkansas.

paradise lost 2

Pam Hobbs, mother of murder victim Stevie Branch











Paradise lost 2