The new sony Classics Takes Worldwide Privileges to West Of Memphis

Our prime-profile documentary directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) first showed in the recent Sundance Film Festival. Fran Walsh and Healing For Peter Jackson producedthe filmwith first-time producers Damien Echols (a topic from the film) and Lorri Davis. West Of Memphis focuses on the brand new analysis all around the the 1993 killings of three 8-year-old boys within the capital of scotland- West Memphis, Ark., that ultimately broke the situation open and brought towards the discharge of the so-calledWest Memphis 3 — Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Junior. The film examines the problematic police analysis and discloses personal understanding of Echols battle to save their own existence from Dying Row. SPC discussed the offer with Jackson and Walsh’s manager, Ken Kamins, who also can serve as the film’s executive producer. The new sony Pictures Classics has formerly labored with Kamins on John Boorman’s The Overall.