University Common Read 2013-14: Videos
This is where interviews, book reviews, events, and interviews are listed for the 2013-14 program.
Documentaries
Frontline. The Confessions by Call Number: KF9664 .F73 (2010) 2011ISBN: 1608833860Publication Date: 2011
The Scottsboro Boys, 1931Call Number: V6311ISBN: 1930545215Publication Date: 2000Docudrama for television.
The Murder of Emmett Till by Call Number: HV6465.M7 M87 2004ISBN: 9780793695522Publication Date: 2004
The Pathology of Privilege: Racism, White Denial, & the Costs of Inequality by Call Number: E185.615 .P338 2008ISBN: 9781932869224Publication Date: 2008
After Innocence by Call Number: KF9756 .A38 (2005) 2006ISBN: 1567304508Publication Date: 2005This documentary tells the dramatic and compelling story of seven men who were exonerated after being imprisoned for decades - released after DNA evidence proved their innocence.- Conviction (2010)Call Number: Use MelCatDirected by Tony Goldwyn and starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, "Conviction" (2010) tells the true story of a woman's fight to prover her brother's innocence.
- The Trials of Darryl HuntCall Number: Use MelCatThis 2006 Break Thru Films' documentary is about Darryl Hunt's decades-long fight for justice after being wrongfully convicted of rape and murder.
- Murder on a Sunday MorningCall Number: Use MelCatOscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of robbing and murdering a white tourist in Jacksonville, Florida.
Dramatizations & Feature Films
To Kill a Mockingbird by Call Number: DVD PN 440ISBN: 9781417053681Publication Date: 2005Film adaptation of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" starring Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Mary Badham, and Phillip Alford.
12 Angry Men by Call Number: Available on DVD from the Kalamazoo Public LibraryISBN: 0792849221Publication Date: 2011, 1957Film adaptation of Reginald Rose's play "12 Angry Men." Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Robert Webber.- Anatomy of a Murder byCall Number: Available on DVD from the Kalamazoo Public LibraryPublication Date: 1958 [2012]Film adaptation of Robert Traver's novel, "Anatomy of a Murder". Based on a true story, this case took place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Discussion guide for film and book available here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_Anatomy_of_a_Murder_Reading_Guide_246094_7.pdf
- The ExoneratedCall Number: Use MelCatCourt-TV's 2006 film version features the stories of six people who were exonerated after being sentenced to death. The cast inclues Susan Saradon, Danny Glover and Aidan Quinn.
- The Wronged ManCall Number: Use MelCatLifetime Movie Network's 2010 original movie about Calvin Willis, who was released from Louisiana State Penitentiary after more than 21 years of wrongful incarceration, and his relationship with his advocate Janet Gregory.
- The Interrogation of Michael CroweCall Number: Use WorldCatThis Peabody and American Bar Association award winning film focuses on the aggresive police interrogation of Michael Crowe, 14-year-old, who was ultimately coerced into a false confession for murdering his 12-year-old sister.
