Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, the long-anticipated film about the West Memphis Three, premiered on HBO on January 12. The movie is a comprehensive examination of one of the most notorious child murder cases in U.S. history and its aftershocks (and promises that viewers don’t need to have seen the first two in the series to get the full story).
The movie is already buzzing around the Oscar circuit! Get in on the action by watching the film with your friends in the next two weeks.
Check out our Paradise Lost 3 Watch Party page for everything you need to get started:
Paradise Lost 3 Watching Party
EJUSA is also partnering with the film to seek a pardon for the West Memphis Three, so they can get the full exoneration they deserve.
Sign the petition at: West Memphis 3 Petition
Please share the petition on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks!
Sample Tweet: Watch @Paradiselost3 on HBO, about sad and shocking West Memphis 3 case, and sign the @EJUSA petition to pardon the #wm3: www.ejusa.org/wm3
The Paradise Lost films helped launch a successful movement to free the West Memphis Three. Two decades later, the three men are free, but with the stain of a criminal conviction on their record for something they did not do. Together, we can ensure that this story lives beyond the media’s short attention span so that disasters like this never happen again.
Note: The film will be replayed on various HBO channels and on HBOgo.com, check out the schedule below. We will let you know when a DVD version of the film is available.
HBO exclusive premiere: Thursday, January 12 from 9-11p EST.
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 15 (4:30p), Jan. 17 (noon & midnight), Jan. 20 (7p), Jan. 25 (2p), Jan. 26 (7:30p), Jan. 28 (10:30a) and Jan. 30 (5:30p)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 16 (10p), Jan. 18 (8p), Jan. 23 (1p) and Jan. 29 (11:30p)
HBO GO: anytime after Jan. 12 on your computer/mobile device for anyone who has HBO (see hbogo.com).
Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) is a national leader in the movement to halt executions. We work state by state to train and empower grassroots leaders to advocate for a more fair and humane criminal justice system. Will you help us build this movement?