![]() And that was at a time when the local news went national. It had only been seen 25-28 years ago on the NC nightly news. So much of this footage had never been seen before. James Jordan’s murder is a gateway to a larger story of what happens afterwards and at trial. It didn’t really affect the overall story we were telling but knowing they were doing an in-depth story about Michael’s life, we knew this would be a deeper dive for audiences who had questions around his father’s case. We were in production on this in 2018 and at the time we didn’t know about The Last Dance. They had a commercial for The Last Dance and we were like “oh, okay”. I was in Raleigh working with the team at lunch and we were at a sports bar with ESPN on. We were in production for this project prior to even knowing about The Last Dance. Thanks so much for chatting with me to talk about your latest project, Moment of Truth, which documents the murder and subsequent investigation into Michael Jordan’s father James Jordan. We spoke to Perniciaro about the project: Fans of last year’s The Last Dance may recall the horrible story of Jordan’s murder, but MOMENT OF TRUTH explores the circumstances surrounding the murder further by exposing the rampant corruption in the small North Carolina town where the heinous crime and subsequent trial occurred. The series tells the never-before-seen story behind the murder of Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan, in 1993. IMDB TV Originals Moment of Truth premieres on April 2nd.Award-winning producer Matthew Perniciaro is making his directorial debut with the Amazon Studios/IMDBtv original docuseries Moment of Truth: The Killing of James Jordan. Viewers expecting the series to be Michael Jordan focused however or for a docuseries about the true impact of the murder on a celebrity relative on the family or culture won’t get that experience from watching the docuseries. What makes the series timely is how it explores the politics surrounding the trial and conviction exploring how things haven’t changed much in regards to the incarceration of young black men when evidence is circumstantial which the series tries to drive home. Throughout it, all Green maintains his innocence but is in a losing battle. In examining the supposed betrayal racial bias are presented with Green being a black man while Demery was non-black, presenting Demery as the favored defendant in the case due to his racial background. We even hear of Green himself speak of Demery’s betrayal. The narrative begins to shift and delve into the lives and friendship between Green and Demery, giving a sense that Demery himself was the mastermind behind the murder who sold Green out for a lesser sentence. The story takes a shift and focuses on Daniel Andre Green and Larry Martin Demery the two young men convicted of killing James Jordan. The series flashes crime scene photos, making sure not to show anything too graphic. Michael who is shown in archival footage clips speaks about his father prior to the murder and the docuseries shows how much pride and admiration father and son had for each other.Īs the docuseries gets further into the episodes, the murder is quickly addressed and some shocking details are revealed such as the state of decomposition of Jordan’s body after it was found in a swamp in South Carolina. ![]() ![]() In presenting a brief look at James Jordan’s life before his son’s birth, and as his son became a basketball legend and hero, it helps give a better understanding about who Michael Jordan himself is. Yes, he was Michael Jordan’s dad, but he was more than that. The five-part Moment of Truth docuseries does a good job introducing who James Jordan was. While the trial for Jordan’s murderers may not have gotten the attention that the trials of OJ Simpson, and Yolanda Saldivar that took place within the year prior, IMDB TV Originals Moment of Truth has shed new light on the case, the trial and the media to answer was the wrong man convicted for Jordan’s murder? Less than a year prior to the infamous Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murder that shook pop culture in the mid-nineties, tragedy befell the man who was hailed as the greatest basketball player alive Michael Jordan, when his father James Jordan Sr.
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