Lights, Camera, Execution!: Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment

by Jaclyn Schildkraut, Helen J Knowles, Bruce E Altschuler

Lights, Camera, Execution : Cinematic Portrayals of Capital Punishment fills a prominent void in the existing film studies and death penalty literature. Each chapter focuses on a particular cinematic portrayal of the death penalty in the United States. Some of the analyzed films are well-known Hollywood blockbusters, such as Dead Man Walking (1995); others are more obscure, such as the made-for-television movie Murder in Coweta County (1983). By contrasting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498579663
• ISBN13: 9781498579667
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"