Trial of Midnight Rider: Railroaded in the Deep South

• Documentary
• Crime

“The lies. The cover-up. The collusion.”

An unexpected speeding freight train ploughs into the film crew, a camera assistant is struck and killed by the locomotive. The film's director is subsequently charged with criminal trespass and involuntary manslaughter. An Australian crime author starts to dig and an exhaustive three-year investigation ensues, uncovering shocking new evidence of cover up, collusion and corruption.