The Trial of Michael Jackson
What happens when the most famous person on Earth is accused of the worst crime imaginable?
Over 2,000 journalists from across the world descended upon the small city of Santa Maria, California, for Michael Jackson’ s 2005 trial.
Channels interrupted their regular broadcasting to show 24-hour rolling news coverage of the events. E! Entertainment and Sky News even worked together to recreate the trial, using a Michael Jackson impersonator as a stand-in for Jackson in the dock.
Now, by revisiting the‘ trial of the century’ in forensic detail, this premium, archive-driven series will not only explore the relationship between Michael Jackson and the media, but also document Jackson’ s life story, as lived in the gaze of cameras.
In doing so, the series seeks to ask wider questions about race, fame, journalistic ethics and the American justice system.
Duration 4 x 1 hr
Produced by Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4, UK, in association with All3Media International