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SXSW 2008: At the Death House Door, Steve James and Peter Gilbert

Under discussion:
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Stevie (2002)
At the Death House Door (2008)

Under discussion:

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Stevie (2002)

At the Death House Door (2008)

The Reverend Carroll Pickett (whose interview I’ll post later) either fell in or was called to a ministry wherein he walked 95 death row inmates through their final hours and, ultimately, to the gurney where they were executed by lethal injection. He’s a stoic Texan and fascinating man explored in Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) and Peter Gilbert’s new documentary, At the Death House Door.

We talk about unwrapping this complicated minister and whether or not they planted a bottle of wine at the family dinner where Rev. Pickett’s children interrogate him about his job.