23 Nov 2016 11:08:56
Mr. x and anyone else, I don't know if you have any interest in the OJ Simpson story, but if you have, then you are in for a treat. I've recently finished watching a documentary called "O.J.: Made in America". It's almost 8 hours long, but once you get into it you won't want it to end. It goes into his life in meticulous detail, from when he was a scholarship student at an until then all white school, up until the present day.
I've always had a fascination with this case, and I will admit that I had my eyes opened by this documentary. It's full of interviews with people who have known him over the years, and also documents the different realities for black and white people living in America, and the race fuelled corruption that was endemic in the LAPD.
The way the film maker shows us the privileged life OJ led against the backdrop of discrimination experienced by black Americans is seamlessly interwoven with archive footage and interviews, and that's before we start to turn our attention to the murders of Nicole and Ron, and his subsequent arrest and trial. I strongly recommend this documentary to anyone who has even a passing interest in OJ.
