Documentary Film
Incendiary: The Willingham Case, a 2011 documentary film dissecting the case and its controversial aftermath, won the Louis Black Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The film was one of ten American films screened in the 2011 AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival U.S. Feature Competition. In limited theatrical release, the film was a "critic's pick" of The Washington Post, The Village Voice, The Austin Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, and The Dallas Morning News. Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post wrote, "nonfiction filmmaking at its most classic. Crime, punishment, morality and hardball politics make for an explosive narrative mix all their own." Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times called Incendiary "alarming viewing for anyone who cares about the American justice system". In 2012 Incendiary was released in iTunes movies and continues to screen on-demand in U.S. theaters.
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