William Friedkin directed a powerful documentary about a 1953 robbery in Chicago's Union Stock Yards, where five black men were arrested and one, Paul Crump, was sentenced to the electric chair despite retracting his confession. Friedkin, then a local TV director, believed in Crump's innocence and worth, and with his cinematographer, took to the streets to appeal for Crump's return to society, ultimately contributing to his sentence being commuted and launching Friedkin's Hollywood career.
The People vs. Paul Crump
The film tells the story of Paul Crump, a 22-year-old man wrongly accused and sentenced to death for his involvement in a failed robbery with four other black men.
