Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

A murder in the park / Sundance Selects, Whole Truth Films and Transition Studios present ; produced by Andrew Hale & Shawn Rech ; written by Shawn Rech & Brandon Kimber ; directors, Shawn Rech, Brandon Kimber.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : IFC Films, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

In 1983, Anthony Porter was sentenced to death for the murders of teenagers Jerry Hillard and Marilyn Green in Chicago's Washington Park. In 1998, a group of university students re-investigated the case, and seemingly found the real killer, Alstory Simon. Simon confessed to the crimes, and Porter was released and pardoned, his harrowing ordeal shook the public's confidence in the justice system and led the Governor to vacate the sentences of all Illinois death row inmates.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: PG-13; for disturbing crime scene photos and reenactments, drug material and brief language.

Subjects:

Porter, Anthony.

False imprisonment -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Death row inmates.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Rech, Shawn, film director, screenwriter, film producer.

Kimber, Brandon, film director, screenwriter.