Ab-so-freakin'-lute-ly! And, all of the people / the talking heads he got to spill their guts, on camera, were terrific, as well! I cannot see this whole series enough, actually.
I've watched this documentary once and was mesmerized. I would recommend it to anyone. There were so many different aspects to the life of Simpson and the circumstances surrounding the trial that I had never heard of or considered. It was absolutely fantastic.
My favorite documentary. Ezra isn't a fan of OJ in my opinion, but he understands the historical significance of the injustices that have plagued blacks throughout history. There is a place for both.
I binge watched this documentary/film on TH-cam (funny voices and all). This, by far, was the most interesting film and brought about a plethora of emotions in me. It is amazing what I've forgotten over the years. Well worth the 7+ hours.
This is a riveting documentary. It's the compelling, insightful story of the rise and fall of a sports icon juxtaposed with a fair and powerful profile of race relations in Los Angeles over the past 70 years and on a larger scale in America as a whole. Bravo, Mr. Edelman!
Brilliant documentary, absolutely well made. Well deserved Oscar, and very touching of Ezra to dedicate it to Nicole, Ron and their families and loved ones.
@ kim martin - Ezra comes from a wonderful family. If you get a chance, read up on his father and mother: Peter Edelman and Marian Wright Edelman. Ezra also has two brothers who are also accomplished in their own right.
With regard to the two jurors who were interviewed, they shared at least one important characteristic: they both dismissed and/or ignored the evidence.
You said it. That broke down old broad would rather have been drinking ripple on the corner of Florence and Normandy. No sympathy for a woman that stays to get beaten, yeah, great juror selection Vince
In cosideration of the causal relationship he introduces between what the OJ trial coverage revealed about the way we enjoy consuming information, and how it led to our fascination with realty TV, in a very interesting way, that coverage made "Keeping up with the Kardashians" possible. The irony isn't lost on me that he was friends with their father, and their mother hated OJ because she believed him guilty...very ironic indeed that the connection persists though those friendships have dissolved.
I was in the US 94-98 during my university studies and I remember my campus was divided between black and white regarding OJ's guilt. Back then coming from Europe, I did not know that OJ was such a big American Football star, nor did I know about his endorsements, nor did I really follow how the murder took place and what went on during the trial. I remember the glove incident and the argument that Furhrman planted the glove. After watching the documentary and the dramatization shown on FX, My impression is that Once the race card was played and police misconduct theory was advanced by the defense, the prosecution was worried about the possibility of rioting, hence the trial was moved to LA, the jurors were majority black. The prosecution made 3 major mistakes, they did not allow the witness who saw OJ near Bundy in his Bronco, the glove incident and relying on Detective Mark Fuhrman as witness. At some point the Prosecution thought that the case was lost. The political dimension must have been in the mind of of the District Attorney Gil Garcetti and Johnnie Cochran. I think this is why the civil trial was pursued in the white neighborhood of Santa Monica to get a judgement against OJ. While the murder trial decision was payback against LAPD treatment of black, the Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery case was a payback for the outcome of the murder trial in LA. I think if OJ had admitted that his crime was a crime of passion and entered a plea bargain for reduced sentence, I think he would have easily come back to the life before, maybe having to move out of Bentwood, instead of this rapid decline that he went through after the trial.
good observation...i'm guessing you think he did it....my question is what if he didn't do it? why would he confess? but you are right if he did do it and confessed to it he would have got a second chance......but maybe he really didn't do it.....i know we've all heard this hypothetical confession by now but keep in mind that that's a hypothetical....it doesn't matter if it's told in first person....
Parts 1 and 2 of this docu really made me angry. I'm no OJ fan. He murdered 2 people. But what was wrong with OJ wanting to be recognized and judged (as MLK preached) by the content of his character FIRST before being recognized and judged by the color of his skin?? All the guilty white liberals and childhood friends of OJ who were interviewed in parts 1 and 2, basically said that a black man is NOT ALLOWED to just be HIS OWN MAN and have HIS OWN thoughts, HIS OWN virtues, or be HIS OWN character. And any black man who does think this way, it just means that he is trying to act white? You can ONLY be a BLACK MAN and not just be A MAN?? These people who all shared this same INSANE opinion in this docu are they THEMSELVES the racists.
You have to understand something. When you watch a documentary, you are watching what has been edited for the purpose of molding the individual watching it. You don't know what question was asked prior to statements being made or if the person was already talking about something else. Editing a production is the most important aspect of documentaries. Let me give you and an example. Supposed someone is filming you being interviewed and you are asked, "Do you like your father". You reply, "I don't like my father, I love him". Later on you see the video of the interview and it only shows you saying, "I don't like my father". It stops right there. That's why if I were a celebrity or was being interviewed, I would never do it if I don't have someone there recording it so I could have my own copy right then and there. Some people are so happy to be on television or to finally get something off their chest that they don't question the interest of the people approaching them. There have been many situations where media outlets refuse to interview because the person they want to interview request recording the interview for themselves. And then the media outlet will state that the individual didn't want to be interviewed.
This is perhaps the first and last time white people where forced to empathise with the injustices African Americans had to deal with daily within that era ...and wow the outrage!!! ALL OF WHICH WAS JUSTIFIED!!!! Outstanding film and what a bizzare series of events
I wrote a book about this whole issue prior to this documentary. I had a publisher and wrote it but the publisher thought it too conservative and too negative a view of Nicole so it got shelved and I was told, "Nobpdy cares any more." This documentary certail;y proves people do care. My book is still unpublished if anybody is interested.
Steven Travers - OJ & Nicole were involved with organized crime in LA (drugs & sports betting). Robert Kardashian introduced OJ to the MOB in LA. Robert Kardashian's perplexed look at the time of the "not guilty" verdict had nothing to do with Mr. Kardashian thinking OJ was guilty and was now being acquitted. There was something else going on in that look. Once Nicole was living on her own, she became a free spirit of sorts. Like OJ, Nicole enjoyed the admiration of men as OJ enjoyed the admiration of women. I can go further but I am sure your book covers it. Is your book titled, "The Reaping?"
@@sosoo000 lost confession is based the book "If I Did It". OJ didn't write the chapter concerning the murders. He was given money by the publisher that could not be touched by the Goldmans but he was obligated to give an interview about the book. When you look at that interview, it's obvious OJ doesn't know what the interviewer is even talking about. People like yourself assume it is a sign of guilt. Murder is a serious charge. If you are going to accuse someone of it, you better have evidence. All the so called evidence presented in the criminal and civil trial have been debunked but it does serve the interest of the people who perpetuated the lie harder than the police. LA District Attorneys Office and the media. They have a reputation that they must protect. They don't give a damn about OJ's reputation or life for that matter. If you want to watch a documentary about the OJ trial that deals more with evidence, I would like to refer to you "Serpents Rising". The picture quality is not that great but the content is amazing. Books: "A Problem Of Evidence" by Joseph Boscoe and "Legacy of Deception" by Stephen Singular There are thousands of hours of documentaries that suggest OJ did it. None ever mention the facts in this one documentary or these two books.
Thank god I understand how to edit films and know what documentaries are designed to do. The documentary was an amazing example of how to cut and paste and ignore facts to come to a conclusion in a day and time where if you were to attempt to use the same means to display a documentary with a different conclusion it wouldn't even be aired on any mainstream media channel. Edelman get's an A for deception.
One of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen
Fantasy, another cover up of the murders at Bundy in 1994.
Ab-so-freakin'-lute-ly! And, all of the people / the talking heads he got to spill their guts, on camera, were terrific, as well!
I cannot see this whole series enough, actually.
I've watched this documentary once and was mesmerized. I would recommend it to anyone. There were so many different aspects to the life of Simpson and the circumstances surrounding the trial that I had never heard of or considered. It was absolutely fantastic.
Just finished the documentary and it is extraordinary. Hands down the best documentary I've seen. Bravo Ezra Edeleman!
Edelman is genius. Best documentary I have ever seen and I have watched many !
My favorite documentary. Ezra isn't a fan of OJ in my opinion, but he understands the historical significance of the injustices that have plagued blacks throughout history. There is a place for both.
I binge watched this documentary/film on TH-cam (funny voices and all). This, by far, was the most interesting film and brought about a plethora of emotions in me. It is amazing what I've forgotten over the years. Well worth the 7+ hours.
It's much more captivating if you can find a good version on certain sites.
i forked out the cash for the blu-ray/dvd set. it's a handsome set, and yes, and even better & more interesting film!
The BBC has all 7 1/2 hours on their Iplayer
This is a riveting documentary. It's the compelling, insightful story of the rise and fall of a sports icon juxtaposed with a fair and powerful profile of race relations in Los Angeles over the past 70 years and on a larger scale in America as a whole. Bravo, Mr. Edelman!
Melissa King shut the fuck up
@@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226 - Are you for real?
I MUST watch it!
Brilliant documentary, absolutely well made. Well deserved Oscar, and very touching of Ezra to dedicate it to Nicole, Ron and their families and loved ones.
He is amazing. So smart and easy to listen to.
Yes, and very self-effacing, especially considering how talented he is.
@ kim martin - Ezra comes from a wonderful family. If you get a chance, read up on his father and mother: Peter Edelman and Marian Wright Edelman. Ezra also has two brothers who are also accomplished in their own right.
Maryann G thank you!
With regard to the two jurors who were interviewed, they shared at least one important characteristic: they both dismissed and/or ignored the evidence.
With racial tensions so high in America. This case was so doomed from the start.
You said it. That broke down old broad would rather have been drinking ripple on the corner of Florence and Normandy. No sympathy for a woman that stays to get beaten, yeah, great juror selection Vince
Loved this Doc. Have seen it in total several times.
Very thorough documentary. From his college years, success, the racial card to the trial, really good. ep 4&5 left for me....
An amazing documentary, recommend it to everyone.
Ezra is such a star.
I relived my 30's watching it. amazing reality
In cosideration of the causal relationship he introduces between what the OJ trial coverage revealed about the way we enjoy consuming information, and how it led to our fascination with realty TV, in a very interesting way, that coverage made "Keeping up with the Kardashians" possible. The irony isn't lost on me that he was friends with their father, and their mother hated OJ because she believed him guilty...very ironic indeed that the connection persists though those friendships have dissolved.
The trial of a double murder became the trial of the L.A.P.D. and Mark Fuhrman . Justice became the victim of this circus .
I was in the US 94-98 during my university studies and I remember my campus was divided between black and white regarding OJ's guilt. Back then coming from Europe, I did not know that OJ was such a big American Football star, nor did I know about his endorsements, nor did I really follow how the murder took place and what went on during the trial. I remember the glove incident and the argument that Furhrman planted the glove.
After watching the documentary and the dramatization shown on FX, My impression is that Once the race card was played and police misconduct theory was advanced by the defense, the prosecution was worried about the possibility of rioting, hence the trial was moved to LA, the jurors were majority black. The prosecution made 3 major mistakes, they did not allow the witness who saw OJ near Bundy in his Bronco, the glove incident and relying on Detective Mark Fuhrman as witness. At some point the Prosecution thought that the case was lost. The political dimension must have been in the mind of of the District Attorney Gil Garcetti and Johnnie Cochran.
I think this is why the civil trial was pursued in the white neighborhood of Santa Monica to get a judgement against OJ. While the murder trial decision was payback against LAPD treatment of black, the Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery case was a payback for the outcome of the murder trial in LA.
I think if OJ had admitted that his crime was a crime of passion and entered a plea bargain for reduced sentence, I think he would have easily come back to the life before, maybe having to move out of Bentwood, instead of this rapid decline that he went through after the trial.
good observation...i'm guessing you think he did it....my question is what if he didn't do it? why would he confess? but you are right if he did do it and confessed to it he would have got a second chance......but maybe he really didn't do it.....i know we've all heard this hypothetical confession by now but keep in mind that that's a hypothetical....it doesn't matter if it's told in first person....
@@donovans6472 the evidence is overwhelming.
Put the doc on the syllabus already
Interesting question on if OJ has CTE. I've wondered that myself.
When OJ dies they need to definitely study his brain to see if he has CTE. He probably does.
Yolanda should not have been on the jury. Her uncle or cousin was one of the techs guys that worked during the trial.
Parts 1 and 2 of this docu really made me angry.
I'm no OJ fan. He murdered 2 people.
But what was wrong with OJ wanting to be recognized and judged (as MLK preached) by the content of his character FIRST before being recognized and judged by the color of his skin??
All the guilty white liberals and childhood friends of OJ who were interviewed in parts 1 and 2, basically said that a black man is NOT ALLOWED to just be HIS OWN MAN and have HIS OWN thoughts, HIS OWN virtues, or be HIS OWN character. And any black man who does think this way, it just means that he is trying to act white? You can ONLY be a BLACK MAN and not just be A MAN??
These people who all shared this same INSANE opinion in this docu are they THEMSELVES the racists.
You have to understand something. When you watch a documentary, you are watching what has been edited for the purpose of molding the individual watching it. You don't know what question was asked prior to statements being made or if the person was already talking about something else. Editing a production is the most important aspect of documentaries.
Let me give you and an example.
Supposed someone is filming you being interviewed and you are asked, "Do you like your father".
You reply, "I don't like my father, I love him".
Later on you see the video of the interview and it only shows you saying, "I don't like my father". It stops right there.
That's why if I were a celebrity or was being interviewed, I would never do it if I don't have someone there recording it so I could have my own copy right then and there. Some people are so happy to be on television or to finally get something off their chest that they don't question the interest of the people approaching them.
There have been many situations where media outlets refuse to interview because the person they want to interview request recording the interview for themselves. And then the media outlet will state that the individual didn't want to be interviewed.
This is perhaps the first and last time white people where forced to empathise with the injustices African Americans had to deal with daily within that era ...and wow the outrage!!! ALL OF WHICH WAS JUSTIFIED!!!! Outstanding film and what a bizzare series of events
Can't hear Ezra. I stopped watching @ 2:55
These interviewers have no idea how to have a conversation...painful
It's such a dry conversation. Both of them are academics, and they have a tendency to be like that.
they're film majors though, not journalists or communicators necessarily
I picked up on that too. Very long-winded questions also.
this documentary is a great one, it was so much info i have never knew about oj , its incredible for example, i never knew oj had a gay father
29:13
Boring moderators .
Documentary is fantastic. Why does he say "sort of" every other damn word.
I wrote a book about this whole issue prior to this documentary. I had a publisher and wrote it but the publisher thought it too conservative and too negative a view of Nicole so it got shelved and I was told, "Nobpdy cares any more." This documentary certail;y proves people do care. My book is still unpublished if anybody is interested.
Steven Travers - OJ & Nicole were involved with organized crime in LA (drugs & sports betting). Robert Kardashian introduced OJ to the MOB in LA. Robert Kardashian's perplexed look at the time of the "not guilty" verdict had nothing to do with Mr. Kardashian thinking OJ was guilty and was now being acquitted. There was something else going on in that look. Once Nicole was living on her own, she became a free spirit of sorts. Like OJ, Nicole enjoyed the admiration of men as OJ enjoyed the admiration of women. I can go further but I am sure your book covers it. Is your book titled, "The Reaping?"
People look at oj. But they don’t trash mark furhman
They look at OJ because of the evidence. You must’ve been hiding under a rock…EVERYONE has trash talked Fuhrman.
@@bigdaddycool4242 I think your mom was hiding under rock
Because Fuhrman's innocent. All he did was use the n-word. Its not really as bad as butchering two people.
The OJ Simpson case was yellow journalism 101
He didn’t do it, but he was there at some point…
Watch OJ The Lost Confession and see him admitting to it
@@sosoo000 lost confession is based the book "If I Did It". OJ didn't write the chapter concerning the murders. He was given money by the publisher that could not be touched by the Goldmans but he was obligated to give an interview about the book. When you look at that interview, it's obvious OJ doesn't know what the interviewer is even talking about. People like yourself assume it is a sign of guilt.
Murder is a serious charge. If you are going to accuse someone of it, you better have evidence. All the so called evidence presented in the criminal and civil trial have been debunked but it does serve the interest of the people who perpetuated the lie harder than the police. LA District Attorneys Office and the media. They have a reputation that they must protect. They don't give a damn about OJ's reputation or life for that matter.
If you want to watch a documentary about the OJ trial that deals more with evidence, I would like to refer to you "Serpents Rising". The picture quality is not that great but the content is amazing.
Books: "A Problem Of Evidence" by Joseph Boscoe and "Legacy of Deception" by Stephen Singular
There are thousands of hours of documentaries that suggest OJ did it. None ever mention the facts in this one documentary or these two books.
Thank god I understand how to edit films and know what documentaries are designed to do. The documentary was an amazing example of how to cut and paste and ignore facts to come to a conclusion in a day and time where if you were to attempt to use the same means to display a documentary with a different conclusion it wouldn't even be aired on any mainstream media channel.
Edelman get's an A for deception.
Your statement is vague and pointless.
This woman is painfully awkward
He contradicted himself several times. And he’s not a good director.