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Trial by Fire is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Edward Zwick. The story is based upon David Grann's article "Trial by Fire" that appeared in The New Yorker in 2009 about case Willingham v. State of Texas. [3] The film stars Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Jeff Perry and Jade Pettyjohn.
With Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Chris Coy. The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children even after scientific evidence and expert testimony bolstered his claims of innocence.
- Edward Zwick
- 2 min
- What Is Trial by Fire About?
- What Happened on The Night of The Fire?
- What Happened During The Trial?
- How Did Willingham and Gilbert Meet?
Based on a 2009 investigative report by David Grann in The New Yorker, Trial by Fireconcerns Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texan man who was convicted for the murder of his three children by arson at the family home in 1991. He maintained his innocence up until his death by lethal injection in 2004 at the age of 36. In the years after his conviction, ...
On 23 December 1991, a fire destroyed the family home of Willingham in Corsicana, Texas. Killed in the fire were the Willingham’s three daughters: two-year-old Amber Louise Kuykendall and one-year-old twins Karmen Diane and Kameron Marie Willingham. Cameron escaped the home with minor burns, while his wife and mother to the three girls, Stacy Kuyke...
An incarcerated informant named Johnny Webb testified against Willingham at the trial and claimed that he had set the fire to hide the injury or death of one of the girls. Webb later told The New Yorker reporter whose investigation the film is based upon that it might have been a mistake and that he had been taking many medications for bipolar diso...
Gilbert had a friend who worked for a organisation that opposed the death penalty and encouraged her to become a penpal. Aside from his parents who visited him once a month, Willingham told Gilbert: “I really have no-one outside my parents to remind me that I am a human being, not the animal the state professes I am.” As their relationship grew, sh...
Mar 12, 2021 · A Texan, Willingham was convicted in 1992 of the arson-related triple homicide of his three little girls after they died in a house fire he managed to escape.
Trial by Fire (2018) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee who has a violent streak and a criminal record, is convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992.
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- Drama, Biography
- R
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TRIAL BY FIRE (2019) is a powerful and moving film about the tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children despite scientific evidence and expert testimony that supported his claims of innocence.
