Desc: Life and Death: Dawson, Georgia: Directed by Andrew Dintenfass, Ron Kanter. With Roosevelt Watson, Henderson Watson, George Poor, Johnnie B. Jackson. In July 1977, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) begins airing "Life and Death: Dawson, Georgia" a half-hour documentary about the Dawson Five criminal case and the racial climate of Terrell County. The film played nationally, increasing the national exposure of the racially divided murder case. The documentary filmmakers, Andrew Dintenfass and Ron Kanter, interviewed a swath of people from Dawson about the case, including the Dawson Five, the mayor of Dawson Jimmy Raines, the headmaster at Terrell Academy, and Officer William M. Rucker who describes on camera witnessing Deputy Jack Hammack point a gun at one of the defendants to force a confession.