At the Death House Door

At the Death House Door is a 2008 documentary film about Carroll Pickett, who served as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville, Texas. It was produced and directed by the team of Steve James and Peter Gilbert, co-produced by Zak Piper and Aaron Wickenden. James and Gilbert had previously worked together on the well-received Kartemquin Films documentary Hoop Dreams, on which James was the producer and director and Gilbert served as producer and director of photography.[1] The film was produced by Kartemquin Films in association with the Chicago Tribune, which provided partial funding.[2]

At the Death House Door
Directed bySteve James
Peter Gilbert
Produced byPeter Gilbert
Steve James
StarringCarroll Pickett
Music byLeo Sidran
CinematographyPeter Gilbert
Edited bySteve James
Aaron Wickenden
Distributed byIFC
Release date
  • May 2008 (2008-05)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Pickett presided over 95 executions in his 15-year career, including the very first by lethal injection. He kept his feelings about his work from his family, instead audiotaping an account of each one. Initially pro-execution, he became an anti-death penalty activist.

Pickett was most affected by the execution of Carlos DeLuna in 1989. He firmly believed in De Luna's innocence. In 2006, Chicago Tribune reporters Maurice Possley and Steve Mills published a detailed investigation suggesting that another man had committed the crime for which De Luna was executed,[3] and the film recounts the evidence brought forth in that investigation.

References
  1. At the Death House Door :: Kartemquin Films
  2. 'At the Death House Door'-3 stars - Entertainment, Texas, Steve James - chicagotribune.com
  3. "'I didn't do it. But I know who did.'"


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