Ben Loeterman appeals The People vs. Leo Frank
October 29, 2009 at 12:58 pm by Web Editor in movies & tv
THE PEOPLE VS. LEO FRANK: Leo Frank (Will Janowitz) is sentenced to jail following his conviction for the murder of Mary Phagan.
The Leo Frank case has been examined and re-examined over the years. It’s been the subject of four film works and numerous books, the most recent of which put into even clearer perspective the trial that eventually re-energized the Ku Klux Klan and emboldened the Anti-Defamation League.
So it’s a pleasant surprise that The People vs. Leo Frank — writer/director Ben Loeterman’s half documentary, half re-enactment — still feels fresh in its depiction of Georgia’s most infamous murder trial.
Part of it is the timing: The movie comes more than 20 years after the last film work, the Emmy-winning mini-series starring Jack Lemmon and then-unknowns Peter Gallagher, Kevin Spacey and Cynthia Nixon. It also comes on the heels of Emory film studies chair Matthew Bernstein’s book about all four film works, Screening a Lynching.
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October 30th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
The pervert deserved just what he got.
Jewish “Slicksters” thought that if they could get Frank’s trial moved to New York then they could get him off the hook with a few well placed dollars. The people of Marietta where too smart for that ruse and hung the little known pervert from a pole. Southern people are not that stupid Mr. Yankee slicker, that is unless your talking about the likes of Roy Barns.
Yes, Leo Frank received just what he so justly deserved, a skinny,long neck.
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
P.S. “The People vs. Leo Frank” also airs at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, and again at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 — both on PBA30. http://bit.ly/377qug
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
Mr. Noble’s comments above are exactly why this film is so important today. Ignorance and hatred go hand in hand.