
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Cast

Roy T. Anderson
James Byrd, Jr.

Jon Voight
Billy Rowles

Louis Gossett Jr.
R.C. Horn

Joe Morton
Walter Diggles

Demore Barnes
Ricky Horn

Bokeem Woodbine
Khalid X

Matt Birman
Beating Cop

Sandra Caldwell
Norva
John Bayliss
City Manager
James Bearden
Old Sour Man (as Jim Bearden)

Samantha Bee
Kathy
Addison Bell
Judge

Conrad Bergschneider
Moe Johnson

Kedar Brown
Reverend

Marium Carvell
Gloria Mays

Eugene Clark
Don Clark

Michael Copeman
Council Member #2

Neil Crone
Principal
Travis Kyle Davis
Black Young Man

Cherion Drakes
Claire Byrd
Jumaane Ford
Lieutenant

Blu Mankuma
James Byrd Sr.

Michelle Moffett
Mamie Horn

Kevin Hanchard
Thurman Byrd

Karen Robinson
Mary Horn
Richard Mills
Jury Foreman
Crew

Jeffrey W. Byrd
Director
Jonathan Estrin
Writer, Executive Producer
Jeffrey Cooper
Editor
Ousama Rawi
Director of Photography
Michael Greene
Executive Producer

Gavin Mitchell
Production Design
Susan Forrest
Casting
Joyce Schure
Costume Design
Etheline Joseph
Key Hair Stylist
Mary Sue Heron
Key Makeup Artist
Joanne Bujouves
Makeup Artist
Brock Jolliffe
Special Effects
Asche & Spencer
Original Music Composer
Richard Werbowenko
Original Music Composer
Andrew Joyce
Set Decoration

Desmond Campbell
Stunts
Humberto Garcia
Art Direction
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