Movies and TvShows featuring "jasper-texas" theme.

Using two separate filmmaking teams (an all-white crew filming white residents and an all-black camera crew filming black residents), TWO TOWNS OF JASPER captures very different racial views by townsfolk in Jasper, Texas, the location for a racially motivated murder of an African American man in 1998.

Jasper, Texas is a drama movie based on the true story of the racially motivated dragging death of a black man in the small town of Jasper, Texas in the 1990s. The film explores the emotional journey of the victim's family, the media coverage surrounding the case, and the subsequent trial and sentencing of the perpetrators. It delves into themes of race relations, justice, and the impact of hate crimes on a community.

Chantal Akerman investigates the American Deep South through the story of a lynching and grisly murder of an African-American man that took place in Texas in 1998.