Critics Of "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story - Season 1"
Paste Magazine
July 26, 2018
[It] fulfills the promise of this fretful beginning, emerging as perhaps the definitive treatment of an American tragedy, the consequences of which reach far beyond one family, one community, one case.
It treats carefully the impact of history on the present experiences of racial disparities, placing the victimized and marginalized at the center of the series' narrative.
Powerful revelations are unearthed in just the first episode of five, thereby auguring Rest in Power's prospects to be in the same sphere as OJ Simpson:Made in America.
Facing one of the ugliest chapters in a decade full of them probably doesn't sound all that appealing right about now, but Rest in Power is worth the watch.