Damien Echols, a member of the West Memphis Three – teens convicted of murder and eventually released without having their convictions overturned – and now a committed ceremonial magicician moved to New Orleans in 2020 and is presenting a short series of occult-themed films at the Broad theater. He told the Gambit Weekly: “Hollywood takes liberties with these things to make them entertaining,” Echols says. “For me, this is a way to get people to watch three of my favorite movies of all time.”
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