Fourteen Days in May

This account of a US convict’s final days on death row is an uncompromising portrait of the country’s legal system and an indictment of capital punishment.

Edward Earl Johnson was on death row in Mississippi for a crime he claims he did not commit. Paul Hamann’s film details his case and the days leading up to his execution. Highlighting the prevalence of African Americans on Death Row, with testimony by Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer and advocate against capital punishment, Fourteen Days in May is a searing critique of a flawed system.

‘I was in my teens when I saw this and Clive Stafford Smith became a hero to me – the story of a UK lawyer who fights for death row inmates in the US.’ – AK