| At the Death House Door | |
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| Directed by | Steve James Peter Gilbert |
| Produced by | Peter Gilbert Steve James |
| Starring | Carroll Pickett |
| Cinematography | Peter Gilbert |
| Edited by | Steve James Aaron Wickenden |
| Music by | Leo Sidran |
| Distributed by | IFC |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
At the Death House Door is a 2008documentary film aboutCarroll Pickett, who served as the death house chaplain to the infamous"Walls" prison unit inHuntsville,Texas. It was produced and directed by the team ofSteve James andPeter Gilbert, co-produced by Zak Piper and Aaron Wickenden. James and Gilbert had previously worked together on the well-receivedKartemquin Films documentaryHoop Dreams, on which James was the producer and director and Gilbert served as producer and director of photography.[1] The film was produced byKartemquin Films in association with theChicago Tribune, which provided partial funding.[2]
Pickett presided over 95 executions in his 15-year career, including the very first bylethal injection. He kept his feelings about his work from his family, instead audiotaping an account of each one. Initially pro-execution, he became an anti-death penalty activist.
Pickett was most affected by the execution ofCarlos DeLuna in 1989. He firmly believed in DeLuna's innocence. In 2006,Chicago Tribune reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills published a detailed investigation suggesting that another man,Carlos Hernández, had committed the crime for which DeLuna was executed,[3] and the film recounts the evidence brought forth in that investigation.
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