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The Phantom

The Phantom

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  • United Kingdom
  • 2021
  • · 81m

Director Patrick Forbes
Genre Crime, Documentary

In 1993 Texas, Carlos DeLuna, 21 years old, was arrested and tried for the murder of Wanda Lopez. DeLuna was found guilty and sentenced to death despite desperately protesting his innocence. This documentary sheds light on the corrupt justice system that executed an innocent man while leaving a dangerous killer at large.

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Variety by Joe Leydon

A fascinating and ultimately infuriating documentary.

75

RogerEbert.com by Nell Minow

No one mentions it explicitly in the movie, but this film could be in the curriculum of a grad school course on Critical Race Theory, which is not, as some confused people claim, about diversity training in corporate offices or amending history books in grade school.

75

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

It’s pretty damn damning, to be honest.

70

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

Adapting research that is, by now, hardly breaking news, Forbes has some solid strategies for making the material cinematic.