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Jasper, Texas

Film

Jasper, Texas

5.8

1h 54m

2003

Synopsis

In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.

Director

Jeffrey W. Byrd

DramaTV Movie

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Cast & Crew

Roy T. Anderson

Roy T. Anderson

as James Byrd, Jr.

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

as Billy Rowles

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.

as R.C. Horn

Joe Morton

Joe Morton

as Walter Diggles

Demore Barnes

Demore Barnes

as Ricky Horn

Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine

as Khalid X

Matt Birman

Matt Birman

as Beating Cop

Sandra Caldwell

Sandra Caldwell

as Norva

John Bayliss

as City Manager

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