TRIAL BY FIRE (2019) is a powerful and moving film about the tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was sentenced to death in Texas for killing his three children despite scientific evidence and expert testimony that supported his claims of innocence.
Netflix’s release of Trial by Fire in 2025 has reignited public interest in Cameron Todd Willingham’s wrongful execution and the flawed arson science that sealed his fate.
Directed by Edward Zwick, Trial by Fire tells the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a man who was convicted of arson resulting in the deaths of his three young children in 1991.
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The 2018 film Trial by Fire, from director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond), explores the true story of Cameron Todd Willingham’s alleged wrongful conviction, and the woman who fought against the Texas justice system to save his life.
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TRIAL BY FIRE is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate (Jack O'Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, against staggering odds, fights mightily for his freedom.
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Edward Zwick’s film “Trial by Fire”, starring Jack O'Connell as Willingham and Laura Dern as Elizabeth Gilbert, the playwright who took an interest in Willingham’s case, is a blistering polemic, even though Zwick’s approach is pretty workmanlike.