From director Edward Zwick and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher, the indie drama Trial by Fire tells the true-life story of Cameron Todd Willingham (Jack O’Connell), a poor, uneducated man with a violent streak and a criminal record who found himself on death row in Texas in 1992, after being convicted of the arson-related homicide of his three young children. While in prison, he unexpectedly finds an ally in Elizabeth Gilbert (Laura Dern), who realizes that his sentence was a result of questionable methods and inaccurate conclusions, and sets out to attempt to save him before his execution. During …

From director Edward Zwick and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher, the indie drama Trial by Fire tells the true-life story of Cameron Todd Willingham (Jack O’Connell), a poor, uneducated man with a violent streak and a criminal record who found himself on death row in Texas in 1992, after being convicted of the arson-related homicide of his three young children. While in prison, he unexpectedly finds an ally in Elizabeth Gilbert (Laura Dern), who realizes that his sentence was a result of questionable methods and inaccurate conclusions, and sets out to attempt to save him before his execution. During …

Roadside Attractions has released the Trial by Fire trailer. Based on a true story, the film follows the unlikely bond between a death row inmate (Jack O’Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern), who fights for his freedom when she uncovers questionable methods and illogical conclusions in his case. I have mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, I'm a big fan of these two actors, and more than that, I like how the film is apparently looking towards a broken system rather than one case of injustice. The question comes with how …