Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

An astonishing Oscar-nominated courtroom drama tracing the infamous 20-year court case of the socalled West Memphis Three. In 1993 three Arkansas teenagers were arrested, tried and convicted for the gruesome murder of three pre-pubescent boys. This spine-chilling film delves into the heart of the American justice system, restating the facts of the case and the appalling lapses in judgement, process and morality. Highlighting the insularity of a small town reluctantly forced into the glare of international media attention, Sinofsky’s camera hones in on Damien Echols, charged as the ringleader in the supposed satanic ritual deaths. A sobering account of outsider alienation and the devastating effects of a malfunctioning justice system.