May 27, 2008

NY Times Covers "At the Death House Door"

From the NY Times:

Steve James and Peter Gilbert, the director and cinematographer of the 1994 high school basketball documentary “Hoop Dreams,” are the co-directors of “At the Death House Door,” which they hope will renew debate about the death penalty.

In April the United States Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s method of capital punishment by lethal injection. “At the Death House Door” had its premiere in March at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Tex., and has received laudatory reviews, winning awards at the Atlanta Film Festival and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, N.C.

“It’s the kind of film we gravitate to, letting one person’s story tell you about a much bigger issue,” Mr. Gilbert said in an interview.

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