University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
Volume 8 (2009):
SYMPOSIUM: WHAT DOCUMENTARY FILMS TEACH US ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Introduction byTaunya Lovell Banks:
Film has been used effectively to shape public perceptions about the criminal justice system, [and] the documentary form has power to convict or release a defendant, as well as to disclose the positive and negative aspects of the criminal justice system. Three articles on this subject appear in this issue of the ‘University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class’ and add to this body of scholarship. Our goal was to foster a series of dialogues among and between a number of individuals.(Download the paper from SSRN here. Via L&H Blog.)
Banks zitiert “Mervyn LeRoys 1932 film classic I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” als True-Crime-Film bzw. Docudrama, der wenigstens zur Abschaffung der Chain-Gangs beigetragen habe. Leider hab’ ich zu den Beiträgen, die Banks ankündigt, keinen Zugang gefunden.
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