The People v. Leo Frank

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Overview

In 1913, little Mary Phagan is found dead at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta. Police quickly decide that the Jewish Superintendent, Leo Frank, should be held responsible. The trial commences with both prosecution and defense lawyers using ad hominen as the base for their arguments. From 1913 to 1915, this murder, trial, and aftermath gained notoriety worldwide. And one hundred years later it has produced books, college and university discussions, a Hollywood-ized movie "They Won't Forget", a TV movie "The Murder of Mary Phagan", a Broadway musical "Parade", a bittersweet folk song "The Ballad of Mary Phagan", and racial controversy.

Directors

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Cast

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Will Janowitz

Leo Frank

Seth Gilliam

Jim Conley

Jayson Warner Smith

William Smith / Narrator

Steve Coulter

Hugh Dorsey

C.K. Bibby

Judge Leonard Roan