Im 23 so outside of chappelle's show and Family guy I knew nothing of OJ, except he was a murderer.This documentary is of high quality, but alot of the content is frustrating as a person with intelligence. The second episode in particular, where it tries to make you feel sorry for a thief; no.

This guy is guilty as sin. He is nothing but an egotistical butt head. He killed Ron Goldman & Nicole with not remorse what so ever. He deserves to stay in jail in NV for the rest of his life. It will more than likely save another woman for another horrific death. When even some of the jurors stated that they voted not guilty because of revenge of Rodney King that was so wrong. Mark Furhman is also a butt head for his remarks, but that does not excuse OJ to get away with murder. When even his best friend & manager states he's guilty...that say something. I hope to God that all of the money from all of the shows that have been on lately, that the money will go to the Browns & Simpsons. Even his friend Kardashian look astonished with the not guilty verdict.

I give this a 4 out of 5 Netflix stars which translates into an 8 here. The very first scene had me hooked seeing OJ looking like a despondent old man sitting in front of a Nevada parole board It actually made me feel sorry for him. After finishing the 8 hours I felt numb -- the ending neither happy nor sad -- just tragic. This entire saga was tragedy at so many different layers and so convoluted and twisted even Shakespeare himself couldn't write such a story.They had a good mix of interviewees that provided insight they must have been culling these past 20 years. Carl Douglas, former Dream Team lawyer who significantly contributed to this documentary, brings it home at the end with his 5th quarter metaphor. Nicely done.The trial sections relied heavily on the prosecutors Marcia Clark and Gil Garcetti. They never were asked why this trial took 8 months and not a couple of weeks. They didn't have to present every single piece of evidence. One juror briefly mentions how she was basically imprisoned for the entire trial. Didn't anyone think this could be a problem and perhaps cut to the chase? They lay all the blame on the glove incident on Darden. Wasn't Marcia Clark or Gil Garcetti his boss?Since Clark and Garcetti were such big contributors to this documentary I felt the producers didn't want to put them in a bad light. Even Fuhrman gets to do some mea culpa. The reason this trial turned into a circus is because everyone liked the stage. Everyone wanted the limelight to last forever -- even Judge Ito, who isn't interviewed. The ring leader controls the circus and in this trial that was the late Johnny Cochran.

On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of lauded American football player and all-round superstar O.J. Simpson, was murdered, along with her friend Ron Goldman. Both were stabbed multiple times, with Nicole's injuries so severe that her head was almost completely severed from her body. The crime scene was appalling and was clearly the aftermath of a frenzied attack, with all evidence pointing to O.J.. What followed was truly the biggest media sensation of our time; a circus in the ugliest sense of the word which divided America between blacks and whites. The case continues to fascinate, and despite the many documentaries covering the trial, Ezra Edelman's O.J.: Made in America finds new ground to cover, interviewing practically anyone caught up in the trial and juxtaposing O.J.'s story with that of the horror of growing up black in Los Angeles.Released as a five-part mini-series on ESPN for their 30 to 30 series, Made in America also made a limited appearance on cinema screen, and received its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Controversially, this qualified it as a feature and for the Best Documentary Academy Award (which it won), and watched as a whole the film runs at a whopping 7 hours plus. But anyone who states it was undeserved needs to watch the film again, as this is about as detailed, powerful and utterly gripping as documentary film-making gets. It seems to cover just about every angle, bringing in anybody who was anybody in the events leading up to the murder and the aftermath for revealing interviews, as well as boasting a stunning collection of archive footage. It's meticulously researched stuff, and even if you know the long-studied case back to front, you will still find something new. Starting way back, we are taken through O.J.'s rise as a star college football player, leaping over or barging through anybody who stood in his way. He was worshipped almost like a God, and took this success to an unhappy period as a professional playing in Buffalo, where he was away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. We move through his tearful retirement to his move into acting, where he appeared in the likes of Capricorn One (1977) and The Naked Gun (1988), and his successful run as the face of Hertz. There's also his initially sweeping love affair with a beautiful young blonde named Nicole Brown, before the reports of domestic violence began. We witness a black man becoming a superstar in a white world that falsely preached equality, and he sat comfortably in that world while his fellow African- Americans were suffering terrible abuse at the hands of the law. Time and time again we witness a black man, woman or child murdered, beaten or treated like a dog by the police, only for them to be acquitted of the crime. Payback, it would seem, was on the cards, as the trial of O.J. Simpson began.We are left in no question as to whether or not O.J. did it. He comes across as a master manipulator, ready to throw anybody under the bus - and have them be grateful at the same time - if it will give him a foot forward. A controlling, egotistical bully who would leave visible prints of his boot on Nicole's face, he is truly the worst kind of scumbag. The outcome of the trial certainly isn't excused (the prosecutor reminds the court late on that nobody seems to remember than Nicole and Ron were the actual victims), but it goes some way to explain it. You can feel the anger brewing as the film goes on, and through some truly disturbing footage of the Rodney King beating and the murder of Latasha Harlin, makes you angry with them. It portrays an entire country divided, with the trial playing out as an obvious metaphor for a nation in complete disarray, while the disgusting flaws in the American Justice System are exposed to a bleary-eyed prosecution. It's a work of true scholarship and unyielding ambition, and a frightening indictment of just how little has changed.