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Lovely Jackson

Play trailer Poster for Lovely Jackson 2024,  1h 44m,  Crime/ Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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LOVELY JACKSON is exonerated prisoner Rickey Jackson's daring first-hand account of the psychology of survival and spiritual fortitude required to withstand 39 years of wrongful incarceration for a murder he didn't commit. At the time of his release in 2014, Rickey was the longest wrongfully incarcerated person in U.S. history--spending 39 years on death row and in Ohio's most dangerous prisons after being convicted solely on the coerced eye-witness testimony of a 12-year-old neighborhood paper boy. Lovely Jackson sees Rickey return to the prison where he was sent in 1976 on his way to the electric chair where he narrates and stars in reenactments alongside professional actors (one playing his younger self), and the (then) 12-year-old paper boy, now in his late 50's. Lovely Jackson is a boldly cinematic, epic journey that begins in tragedy, hopelessness, injustice, and death, but ends in hope, beauty, and new life.

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Dwight Brown DwightBrownInk.com Jul 9, 2022
2.5/4
Long-winded but worthy. Go to Full Review
Donnie Lopez Black Girl Nerds Apr 17, 2023
4/5
The experiences of one man and his message of resilience, forgiveness, and strength in the face of an imaginable burden proves to everyone that no one is lost, even in a world that seems to forget about them Go to Full Review
Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Mar 31, 2023
A-
It’s not “okay” because Rickey is now okay. This is grotesque. This is horror. This is the worst of which humanity is capable. The film is, perhaps, a bit too lovely. It is, perhaps, a bit too taken by the notion of forgiveness. But it is absolutely vital Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix Dec 12, 2022
It not only shines a light on a tragic failure in the U.S. criminal justice system but also offers a beacon of hope. Rickey Jackson tells his story of being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for murder in this artfully directed and riveting documentary. Go to Full Review
Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound Nov 13, 2022
3/5
Many films are built up to be about hope and perseverance but fall short. this doc does not. Go to Full Review
Jared Mobarak The Film Stage Oct 18, 2022
B
The exercise therefore exists somewhere between your conventional true crime drama dissecting facts via interview and the heightened, visceral approach of Robert Greene's Procession. Go to Full Review
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Matt Waldeck

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Rickey Jackson

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Rickey Jackson

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Matt Waldeck

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Rickey Jackson

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Matt Waldeck

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Synopsis LOVELY JACKSON is exonerated prisoner Rickey Jackson's daring first-hand account of the psychology of survival and spiritual fortitude required to withstand 39 years of wrongful incarceration for a murder he didn't commit. At the time of his release in 2014, Rickey was the longest wrongfully incarcerated person in U.S. history--spending 39 years on death row and in Ohio's most dangerous prisons after being convicted solely on the coerced eye-witness testimony of a 12-year-old neighborhood paper boy. Lovely Jackson sees Rickey return to the prison where he was sent in 1976 on his way to the electric chair where he narrates and stars in reenactments alongside professional actors (one playing his younger self), and the (then) 12-year-old paper boy, now in his late 50's. Lovely Jackson is a boldly cinematic, epic journey that begins in tragedy, hopelessness, injustice, and death, but ends in hope, beauty, and new life.
Director
Matt Waldeck
Producer
Rickey Jackson, Matt Waldeck, Ben Hecht, Travis Killian, Jillian Wolstein
Screenwriter
Rickey Jackson, Matt Waldeck
Distributor
Innocent Prisoner Advocates
Production Co
Zodiac Features
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 44m
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