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Part 4
A Storyville documentary: part four looks at how, in January 1995, the trial of the century took place. The dividing line of race was never starker.
Five-part series and winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary chronicling the rise and fall of OJ Simpson.
In January 1995, the trial of the century took place. It would be like nothing before it, nor anything that's come since, and reshape the landscape of the media and, truly, American culture along the way. Over the better part of ten months, there would be dozens of dramatic twists and turns, revelations and surprises, accusations and betrayals. The recollections of so many of the case's protagonists make for section after section of riveting film, all bringing back to life a trial that somehow evolved into a phenomenon that left the brutal murders of two people deep in forgotten shadows.
Nothing, though, proved larger than the context - of everything that came before in the Los Angeles that OJ Simpson never knew. And in the trial's closing arguments, the dividing line of race - in Los Angeles, and America - was never starker.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Ezra Edelman |
Production Company | Laylow Films |
Production Company | ESPN Films |
Broadcasts
- Wed 17 May 2017 22:00
- Wed 25 Mar 2020 22:30
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OJ: Made in America - Storyville
Documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of OJ Simpson.