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Two Towns of Jasper
Documentary

TWO TOWNS OF JASPER

"One murder. Two communities. Three trials. No single truth."

20021h 30m7.5 TMDb

Directed by Whitney Dow

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Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk in Jasper, Texas, the location for a racially motivated murder of an African American man in 1998.

Movie Vibe

Suspense6.3
Emotion6
Complexity6.7
Humor5.3
Realism9
Action5
Darkness7.5

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Recommended for

  • people who enjoy learning through film
  • viewers who appreciate critically recognized cinema

May not appeal to

  • those seeking nonstop action
  • those looking for narrative fiction

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