Incendiary: powerful film shows how an innocent man was put to death in Texas, under Governor Rick Perry’s watch [MOVIE REVIEW]
Incendiary has only a one week run in LA. “Incendiary” in every sense of the word. Like an onion, as layer upon layer is pulled away in Steve Mims’ and Joe Bailey, Jr.’s film “Incendiary: The Willingham Case,” more and more is revealed and exposure to the deeper layers pulls at the tear ducts both in frustration and sadness. On December 23, 1991 a house in the small town of Corsicana, Texas exploded into flames taking the lives of the three small children of Cameron and Stacy Willingham. Stacy was out shopping that morning and Cameron, panicking ran out of the house leaving Amber Louise, 2, and twins Karmon and Kameron, 1, trapped in the house. Cameron, in shock, told several different stories of how the children got left behind. There were those who saw someone cavalier about the loss and others who saw a man ripped apart by tragedy. What Deputy Fire Marshal Vasquez of Corsicana saw was a man who had committed arson and was, therefore, a murderer. Historically, fire investigation was conducted by police officers or firemen who had been given minimal training, usually learning from a more experienced fire investigator who passed on the “lore” of fire investigation as he had been…
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