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One of the most successful and haunting documentary series of all time, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's PARADISE LOST trilogy, began with a horrific act of brutality: in 1993, three eight-year-old boys turned up mutilated in a forest in West Memphis, Arkansas. Three local teens - Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. - were singled out and accused of the crime, predominantly for their goth lifestyles and love of heavy metal music; many in the community accused these social outcasts of slaying the children in a Satanic ritual. Though the evidence against the "West Memphis Three" was largely circumstantial, prosecutors succeeded at obtaining execution for Echols and life sentences for the other two. Berlinger and Sinofsky picked up the story in the 1996 PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, which took a defensive view of the indicted and passionately argued for their innocence. The filmmakers then made two sequels: the 2000 PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS - which explores the disturbing role that one of the victims' fathers may have played in the case; and the 2011 PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY, which follows the prisoners' successful attempts to have the case reopened on the basis of DNA evidence. All three films appear in this box set.

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UPC0767685278505

eBay Product ID (ePID)129817094

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Movie/TV TitleParadise Lost Trilogy

FormatDVD

Release Year2012

GenreEducation/General Interest, Educational

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Number of Discs4

Release Date20121106

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by hltvxgomq_a@deleted
20 Feb, 2019
A must watch that will infuriate you
Amazing documentary shows just how backward middle America is,every country has one,and what a disgrace the legal system is,engrossing,maddening and a lesson in humanity by all three inocent young men,who's lives were lost due to the insanity of a broken system,still goes on today and worse,absolute essential viewing for all. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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by jujer
15 Dec, 2017
Great films on a tragic topic.
I love the trilogy, you get all 3 in one shot. It's tough to say you loved theses movies because it's more or less a true tragic story. If you know what I mean. But yes they are well done entering and even riveting. That is to say, they keep you interested. There not for everyone but yes I recommend them.
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by margalbiat-0
15 Feb, 2020
Good Docs.
Very interesting set of documentaries. Also check out 'West of Memphis'.
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by drdodge71
14 Jan, 2019
Wm3
Was exactly what I wanted
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