The Execution of Wanda Jean
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Liz Garbus
David Presson
Marla Allen
Greg Wilson
Reverend Robin Meyers
Sandra Howard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Wanda Jean was sentenced to death in 1989 after she shot and killed her lover, Gloria Leathers, outside an Oklahoma City Police Station. The film finds her eleven years later, her execution date just months away. This documentary follows Wanda Jean's final months on death row, as she and her legal team prepare for her clemency hearing, as she and her family, friends, and spiritual advisors have their final visits. At her clemency hearing, her attorneys argue that during her original trial, her defense failed to present crucial and potentially life-saving evidence: Wanda Jean had borderline mental retardation and brain damage. But the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, which in its thirty-year history had never granted clemency, denies Wanda Jean's plea.
Director
Liz Garbus
Cast
David Presson
Marla Allen
Greg Wilson
Reverend Robin Meyers
Sandra Howard
Jesse Jackson
Lasandra Allen
Dr. Martin Krimsky
Steven Allen
Steven Presson
Mary Allen
Reverend Bill Allen
Robert Jackson
Bob Carpenter
Ruby Wilson
Wanda Jean Allen
Crew
Nancy Abraham
Lasandra Allen
Marla Allen
Mary Allen
Reverend Bill Allen
Steven Allen
Wanda Jean Allen
Wendy Blackstone
Bob Carpenter
Margaret Crimmins
Liz Garbus
Tony Hardmon
Tony Hardmon
Sandra Howard
Jesse Jackson
Robert Jackson
Judy Karp
Rory Kennedy
Dr. Martin Krimsky
Mary Manhardt
Reverend Robin Meyers
Sheila Nevins
David Presson
Steven Presson
Chandra Simon
Chandra Simon
Greg Smith
Dog Bark Sound
Greg Wilson
Ruby Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States Fall September 6, 2002
Released in United States January 2002
Released in United States July 2002
Released in United States on Video November 29, 2005
Shown at Cinequest 2002: The San Jose Film Festival February 21 - March 3, 2002.
Shown at OUTFEST 2002: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-22, 2002.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary/ in competition) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.
Aired as part of HBO's "America Undercover" series.
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Cinequest 2002: The San Jose Film Festival February 21 - March 3, 2002.)
Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Documentary/ in competition) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)
Released in United States July 2002 (Shown at OUTFEST 2002: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-22, 2002.)
Released in United States Fall September 6, 2002
Released in United States on Video November 29, 2005
