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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Directed byTony Bill
Written byAbby Mann
Based onWhite Lies
by Nick Davies[1]
StarringCourtney B. Vance
Eamonn Walker
Gil Bellows
Release date
  • 21 April 2002 (2002-04-21) (USA)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story is a 2002 biographical film directed by Tony Bill and starring Courtney B. Vance. It tells the true story of Clarence Brandley, who was wrongly convicted for the rape and murder of Cheryl Dee Fergeson in 1981.

The film was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, but it lost to The Rosa Parks Story.

References

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  1. ^ Oxman, Steven (April 19, 2002). "Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story". Variety. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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