THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT

DC Premiere

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states affirmatively the righteous maxim, ÒInnocent until proved guilty.Ó But this devastating and provocative film makes clear that in real-ity only some have this right.

In 1984, a brutal rape and murder was committed in North Carolina. A young black man by the name of Darryl Hunt was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was convicted of the crime. Despite ample evidence to the contrary, including eyewitness tes-timony, DNA evidence, his own proclamation of innocence and even an eventual confession from the real criminal, Darryl Hunt was forced to spend nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Using archival footage and original material, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg bring us into the trials, legal meetings, parole board hearings and prison cells. They meticulously weave together nearly two-decades of evidence revealing the ongoing, shocking failure of a judicial system to make this glaring wrong right. Through all this, astonishingly, Darryl Hunt maintains his dignity and finds a way to forgive even those who cannot forgive him.

This is a scathing indictment of a system gone wrong and a poignant portrait of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of injustice.

Darryl Hunt & Mark Rabil in person.

-Sky Sitney

Sponsored by
Latham & Watkins LLP

DIRECTOR BIOS
Ricki Stern is a documentary producer and director whose films have shown on HBO and PBS. She produced and directed the EMMY-nominated NEGLECT NOT THE CHILDREN, a documentary about a Harlem-based youth program, hosted by Morgan Freeman and nationally aired on PBS. Stern is the co-author of a three-book series for children titled Beryl E. Bean: Mighty Adventurer of the Planet, published by HarperCollins.

Annie Sundberg is a film and television producer/director. She produced the independent feature film TULLY, nominated for four 2003 IFP Spirit Awards. Annie teams again with Ricki Stern on their next documentary, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK, the story of the Darfur crisis. Sundberg is currently at work on her first screenplay.

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