Summary: You may know Ed Zwick from some of his work directing and producing past films, such as “Glory,” “Blood Diamond,” and “Shakespeare in Love”—the latter of which won him an Academy Award. But Zwick’s latest project hits differently. “Trial by Fire,” which arrives in select theaters on May 17, tells the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man executed for the murder by arson of his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that supported his claims of innocence were ignored in the courts. Zwick sat down with Daniella and Ed to discuss why he chose to direct this latest film—which he describes as a catalogue of everything broken in the criminal justice system—and how movies and popular culture affect, and often precipitate, change.
