The Milgaard Case in Popular Culture
To date, the David Milgaard case has been the subject of three movies: the 1992 documentary "The David Milgaard Story", directed by Vic Sarin, the 1999 docudrama "Milgaard", directed by Stephen Williams and starring Ian Tracey and in an episode of the popular documentary series "Crime Stories", produced by Partners in Motion.
The song "Wheat Kings" by The Tragically Hip (from their 1992 album Fully Completely) contains references to the story of Milgaard.
Canadian artist David Collier described the Milgaard case in comics form in his 2000 book Surviving Saskatoon.
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