Incendiary: The Willingham Case (2011)

Name: Incendiary: The Willingham Case
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
Released: 2011-10-07

1h 39m

Running Time

Plot.

In 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham's three daughters died in a Corsicana, Texas house fire. Tried and convicted for their arson murders, Willingham was executed in February 2004 despite overwhelming expert criticism of the prosecution's arson evidence. Today, Willingham's name has become a call for reform in the field of forensics and a rallying cry for the anti-death penalty movement; yet he remains an indisputable "monster" in the eyes of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who ignored the science that could have saved Willingham's life. Equal parts murder mystery, forensic investigation and political drama, INCENDIARY documents the haunted legacy of a prosecution built on "folklore."

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Cast & Crew.

Reid Nelson

Producer

Kakii Keenan

Art Direction

Steve Mims

Director / Producer / Cinematography / Editor

Korey Pereira

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Bailey Jr.

Cinematography / Producer / Director / Editorial Production Assistant

Buzz Moran

Music Editor

Scott Honea

Archival Footage Research

Graham Reynolds

Original Music Composer

Details.

Release Date
October 7, 2011

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 39m

Genres
Documentary Drama Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-15

Wiki.

Incendiary: The Willingham Case is a 2011 documentary film by Steve Mims and Joe Bailey, Jr. that explores the conviction and execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for arson murder. Equal parts murder mystery, forensic investigation and political drama, the film meticulously reviews the arson evidence used to convict Willingham, and immerses audiences in contemporary struggles over the case.

Incendiary won the Louis Black Special Jury Award in its debut at the 2011 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. It also screened in the Sterling US Feature Competition at the 2011 American Film Institute / Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival. It was released in United States cinemas in fall 2011 to good reviews, in iTunes Movies in 2012, and continues to screen in U.S. theaters via Tugg.