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It would seem Ezra Edelman took on a borderline-insane task when he agreed to make a five-hour documentary about O.J. Simpson, especially as he initially wasn’t. Ezra Edelman created a new O.J. Simpson documentary that The Post’s TV critic called “nothing short of towering achievement.” (Kyle Monk/For The Washington Post). Watch any of O.J.: Made in America, and it's clear why it's already called "a master opus." Clear to everyone, that is, other Ezra Edelman. Director Ezra Edelman hasn’t seen “American Crime Story,” but he has been living with the story of O.J.

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Why ESPN Gave Director Ezra Edelman Nearly Eight Hours for O. J.: Made in America. Teddy Roosevelt Miller, his full name, was the original up- for- anything black Lab, and what he loved most were the long walks we used to take around the Brentwood Park, California, neighborhood where I rented a house in the early 9.

Teddy had many favorite stops along the way (including the home where a descendant of the Three Stooges lived, though I forget precisely which Stooge it was). Our route often took us down our street, Bristol, as far as Sunset, past the traffic circle where Clark Gable reportedly wrecked a car on a tree back in his rambunctious MGM heyday, and then we would head over to Rockingham. One house along our route would become much more famous than any car- scarred tree.

This was the house where O. J. Maybe it seems absurd to think of O.

J. I thought of Teddy and our great walks when I screened O. J.: Made in America, the—simply put—magnificent five- part documentary series produced under the 3. Saturday on ABC and ESPN. O. J. But Edelman says he didn’t go into the project with an investigative hat on, nor with a mandate to dig up new evidence or uncover new facts. He was eager to explore the myriad ramifications of the tragedy, certainly, but he wouldn’t try to “decide” what really happened or reach a conclusion on whether the final verdict in the case, the verdict that declared O. J.’s innocence, was justice or a travesty.

Nor will they come away unmoved by the very troubling undercurrents and implications it explores about Simpson, race, and Los Angeles’s troubled history like nothing else before it. It really was the trial of that century after all, or so Edelman skillfully asserts.

By Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images.“There might be an . It was really a question of coalescing and cohering, and making something dynamic and making people engage with the story in a way they hadn’t done before.”The main reason that the film doesn’t rehash the crime or the aftermath in an investigative journalistic way is that Edelman didn’t want to; he would have said no to Connor Schell, the ESPN senior vice president who smartly commissioned him to make the movie and then allowed the final cut to clock in at seven- and- a- half hours.“Connor came to me and said, . To me, that was the challenge.“Then when I asked what it was and he said, ? But this is where Connor deserves a lot of credit. Because at least with that canvas, I knew I didn’t have to dive immediately into the story of 1. Watch The Helsings stream with subtitles in 1280.

I actually could explore the things that I was more interested in, which is the story of who O. J. There was, at one point, an 1. Edelman didn’t want to show the network various cuts of the film, however, preferring to tell executives that “you’re welcome to visit the edit room at any point–or the three edit rooms–and watch the scenes.’ And I said to Connor, . He wanted the film to be as good as it could be.”Courtesy of David Le. Bon/ESPN Films. The film is, inevitably, about race in America, and Edelman is uniquely qualified to address that subject not only because of his talents as a filmmaker but because of the environment in which he grew up.

His mother, Marian, is African American and was raised in the south before attending Yale Law School and creating the Children’s Defense Fund; his father, Peter, is white and a professor of law at Georgetown.“If you grow up in a house where people have not only discussed but worked, and fought for, the rights of people who have been discriminated against or impoverished or in some way underserved, you have in some way a built- in empathy for those people,” Edelman says. I took pains to really tell the story from all sides and sort of empathize with everyone.“There was so much going on in this trial that had nothing to do with O. J. Regardless of what we think of O. J., here is someone who had been the Chosen One, the ? I think that’s a very natural, human way of looking at this. There’s so much of the film that’s not about . Well that’s not correct.

I don’t know if that has any bearing one way or the other.”It is safe to predict that Edelman’s film will be much talked about in the nights, weeks, months, and years to come, and that even if the general sports audience doesn’t watch it in roaring numbers, others who seldom tune to ESPN (or who watch it on ABC) may show up for much and maybe all of the entire saga.“I was pretty focused on what I was doing without any consideration for who was watching it and who would be watching it,” Edelman says. It is very issue- based and idea- based.”In that, O. J. Simpson. THEN: A beloved football player for the University of Southern California and the Buffalo Bills, Simpson was more of a pop- culture figure, thanks to his appearances in the Naked Gun films and a series of Hertz commercials, when his ex- wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered in June of 1. Simpson was the primary suspect. You remember what happened from there. In 2. 00. 7 he was arrested in an armed robbery—an attempt, he said, to reclaim sports memorabilia that had been stolen from him.

He is currently serving a 3. Nevada, and is eligible for parole in 2. Photo: Left, AFP/Getty Images; right, by Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Johnnie Cochran. THEN: Johnnie Cochran was the Dream Team’s ultimate showman, a razor- sharp defense attorney decked out in Technicolor suits.

His most triumphant moment came during closing arguments, when Cochran delivered the now immortal line: “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”. NOW: Cochran’s star power continued to grow after the trial. He scored numerous TV appearances and even had his own show, Cochran & Grace, co- hosted by everyone’s favorite lawyer turned talking head, Nancy Grace.

Cochran died in 2. His funeral was attended by family, friends, and former clients, including O. J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, and Sean Combs. Photo: Left, by Vince Bucci/AFP, right, by Derek Storm/Film. De Opening stream online in english with subtitles in 720.

Magic, both from Getty Images. Robert Shapiro. THEN: A bona fide spin doctor, Robert Shapiro was a key member of the Dream Team. After tensions flared between Shapiro and Cochran, Shapiro took a backseat as Cochran led the defense. Shapiro became a successful Internet entrepreneur, co- founding sites like Legal. Zoom. com and Shoe. Dazzle. com. Photo: Left, by Lee Celano, right, by Steve Granitz, both from Wire.

Image/Getty Images. Robert Kardashian. THEN: Robert Kardashian was O. J.’s dear friend and confidant. He was an understated member of the Dream Team in court but played a crucial role in the early stages of the murder trial. His greatest legacy can be seen on televisions and newsstands around the world in the form of his three daughters, Kourtney, Kim, and Khlo. Kardashian died in 2.

Photo: Left, by Vince Bucci/AFP, right, by Ron Galella, both from Getty Images. Dominick Dunne. THEN: The O. J. Simpson murder trial became something of an obsession for Vanity Fair special correspondent Dominick Dunne. Always the go- to source, Dunne was a frequent guest on nightly newscasts, offering colorful courtroom observations. His dispatches in Vanity Fair left no stone unturned and enthralled readers throughout the trial. Dunne’s slack- jawed reaction to the verdict pretty much summed it up for everybody. One of Dunne’s last assignments re- united the storied reporter with O.

J. If only dogs could testify . A fictional tell- all titled *O. J.’s Dog Daze *was published in 2.

Kato the Akita’s point of view. Given the average 1. Akita, it is safe to say he is no longer with us. Photo: By Chris Pizzello/AP Photo.

The White Bronco. THEN: One of the most iconic and absurd moments of the entire O. J. Simpson remained huddled in the backseat with a gun to his head, a fake beard, and $8,0. Al Cowlings, took the wheel. The chase reached an anticlimactic end when the Bronco reached Simpson’s estate. You can rent it for parties! The vehicle last made an appearance at an event thrown by newspaper tycoon Peter Brant in honor of artist Nate Lowman.

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