The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Annie Sundberg
Sammy Mitchell
Donald Tisdale
Darryl Hunt
April Hunt
Phoebe Zerwick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1984, a young white newspaper reporter, Deborah Sykes, was raped, sodomized and stabbed to death just blocks from where she worked in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Based on an I.D. made by a former Klan member, a 19-year-old black man, Darryl Hunt, was charged. No physical evidence linked Hunt to the crime. Hunt was convicted by an all white jury, and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1994, DNA testing cleared Hunt, yet he would spend another ten years behind bars. The film chronicles this capital case from 1984 through 2004. With personal narratives and exclusive footage from two decades, the film frames the judicial and emotional responses to this chilling crime--and the implications surrounding Hunt's conviction--against a backdrop of class and racial bias in America. This unique look at one man's loss and redemption challenges the assumption that all Americans have the right to unbiased justice.
Cast
Sammy Mitchell
Donald Tisdale
Darryl Hunt
April Hunt
Phoebe Zerwick
James Ferguson
Larry Little
Mark Rabil
Dean Bowman
Crew
Nancy Abraham
Yorgo Alexopoulos
Jedidiah O Alpert
Matthew Bagger
Geof Bartz
Asena Basak
Brad Bergbom
Doug Berry
Sheila Berry
Stephen Bright
Heidi Brikin
Paul Brill
Katie Brown
Ben Butin
Bob Costner
Will Cox
Emerson E. Bruns
Tom Efinger
John R Foster
Bronwen Gilbert
Ted Greenberg
Michael Hanitchak
Nancy Hess
Josh Isaacs
J Michael Jacobs
Alan Jacobsen
Shannon Kennedy
Shannon Kennedy
John Lad
Larry Marshall
Mark Mauer
Casey Mcdonald
David Mills
Ed Moye
Sheila Nevins
Sandy Patch
William Rexer
William Rexer
Richard A Rosen
Nicholas Schenck
Adam Selbst
Ricki Stern
Ricki Stern
Ricki Stern
Bryan Stevenson
Annie Sundberg
Annie Sundberg
Annie Sundberg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Co-winner of the Docufest Competition Special Jury Prize Silver Plaque at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Documentary at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival.
Winner of the John Schlesinger Award, 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Aired in United States 2006
Aired in United States April 26, 2007
Aired in United States January 2006
Aired in United States January 2007
Aired in United States June 2006
Aired in United States October 16, 2007
Aired in United States October 2006
Aired in United States September 2006
Aired in United States Summer June 15, 2007
Released in United States June 15, 2007
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Black Perspectives, Docufest) October 5-19, 2006.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Uncle Sam's Docs) September 1-10, 2006.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Awards Buzz - Best Documentary Feature) January 4-15, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentary Competition) May 25-June 18, 2006.
Shown at SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (World View) June 13-18, 2006.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Independent Documentary Competition) January 19-29, 2006.
Aired in USA on HBO Network April 26, 2007.
