UNSCRIPTED 2025
The Trial of Michael Jackson
A life lived in the spotlight
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
Wonderhood Studios for Channel 4, UK, in association with All3Media International