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AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR
AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR


 
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From Kartemquin Films and the makers of Hoop Dreams comes this "impassioned portrait of a quest for truth" (The Chicago Tribune). Carroll Pickett served as minister to death row inmates at a Texas penitentiary for 15 years, believing that the death penalty was just. Then he met inmate Carlos de Luna. As he talked with de Luna and recorded his conversations on the day before de Luna's execution, Pickett came to believe that the man was innocent. Unlike Hollywood movies, de Luna was executed anyway, sending Pickett on a gut-wrenching quest to uncover the facts surrounding his highly questionable arraignment. Nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award.

Steve James/Peter Gilbert---USA---2008---98 mins.