Updates
- 11 January 2013
The ACE Eddie Awards have nominated Billy McMillin for his work in editing the film West of Memphis, which was recognized in the category Best Edited Documentary (Feature). The 63rd annual awards will be held February 16th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.
- 10 January 2013
One of the best films of 2012 has inspired a soundtrack CD that’s a very early front-runner for my best albums of 2013.
Due for release on Jan. 15 through Legacy Recordings, West of Memphis: Voices for Justice is the companion album to the Sony Pictures Classics documentary West of Memphis.
The film is a powerful and gripping epic of American injustice, and the soundtrack of sorts is an appropriate auditory compliment.
Read more at the Asbury Park Press.
- 10 January 2013
Damien Echols could be a bitter man. He spent 18 years with chains on his feet and bars in front of his face. He says there were beatings and days so bleak “that I literally reached a point where I didn’t think I could go on.”
But he tries not to focus on the people who put him there. “They robbed me of 20 years of my life,” he says. “They can’t rob me of another day.”
Read more at the Chicago Sun-Times.
- 9 January 2013
West of Memphis, the documentary film about the West Memphis Three by director Amy Berg, has been nominated in the documentary category for this year's British Academy Film Awards! The ceremony will be held on February 10th at London's Royal Opera House.
Read more at BAFTA.org.
