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41) The Worst Crime
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Johnny Johnson was charged with the abduction and murder of 6-year-old Cassandra Williamson. During the capital murder trial, a juror described the killing as "the worst possible crime." Does the worst possible crime warrant the worst possible punishment?
42) Persistence
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Human bodies don't simply disappear. They were kidnapped, buried, broken into pieces. But they are also searched for, recovered and if forensic experts achieve the unlikely, reconstructed as persons. These only return to their homes if they are identified as dead. An audiovisual journey through Mexico's landscapes of disappearance, between mass graves and fragments, affected families and forensic anthropologists. In search for the human that remains,...
43) The Net
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In 1996, the FBI captured American domestic terrorist and former mathematics professor and anarchist author Ted Kaczynski (aka: The Unabomber) who understood himself to be battling the increasing technologization of the world. In the mid-20th century, a host of intellectual developments-including cybernetics and systems theory, multimedia art, new concepts of psychology and military research-came to the fore and became relevant in influencing and...
Publisher
Questar Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Crimes and bloody tales that made the headlines usually reveal a lot about the hidden fantasies of their time. From Jack the Ripper to the Andes crash, the ten episodes of this collection shed a black light on a page of history that left a mark on their time.
45) Santoalla
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Progressive Dutch couple Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool had only one dream - to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the crumbling, Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the town's sole remaining family, igniting a decade-long conflict that culminates in Martin's mysterious disappearance. Official Selection at **DOC NYC**. Winner of the Jury Award for...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The murder of French au-pair Sophie Lionnet by her employers made headlines all over the world. From the horrible circumstances of her death, to the obsession of her killer with a pop-star ex-boyfriend and their crazy delusions of celebrity pedophile rings, it was a case that seemed too unbelievable to be true. It all began in Wimbledon, London, when a neighbor noticed black smoke coming out of a garden and called the fireman. When the firefighters...
47) Cropsey
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival** and **Fantastic Fest**. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Chicago International Film Festival**. *"Cropsey has all the trappings of a true-crime TV special, but with an undercurrent of cultural exposition...
48) Call Her Ganda
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case; an activist attorney, a transgender journalist, and Jennifer's mother, galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. Nominated for Outstanding Documentary at the **GLAAD Media Awards**. "*As suspenseful...
49) Beyond Our Ken
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Derided as a 'secretive cult' and its leader described as a 'seedy conman,' Kenja was still attracting a whole new generation of followers with promises of Utopia. But what is Kenja? Accused of mind control, sexual abuse and blamed by families for the disappearance of loved ones, the notorious cult has damaged many lives. Through remarkable observational footage and candid interviews, BEYOND OUR KEN takes inside this closed community, to explore the...
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Seven years before the crime, Isabel Carrasco came to power in León. At the same time, Triana Martínez, a young telecommunications engineer, started work in the provincial council. The two had a great relationship until, all of a sudden, everything changed. In the trial, Triana reveals the reason for the fall out: she rejected Isabel's sexual advances. Triana lost her job on the council and Isabel used her influence to damage her career for years....
51) Death in Léon
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
The brutal murder of Isabel Carrasco, one of Spain's most controversial politicians, shocked the nation. Three women were quickly arrested in what appeared to be an inexplicable private vendetta. But as the investigation developed, a deeper story of power, deceit and betrayal emerged. With unrivalled access to all the main characters, this critically acclaimed series is a riveting portrayal of a provincial society where nothing is as it seems.
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
The jury finds the three defendants guilty of murder. The prosecutor's case wins. Isabel Carrasco's memory becomes increasingly distant in León; no one wants to look back. The three defendants are pinning all of their hopes on the Supreme Court. At the last minute, the filmmakers discover something that was never investigated by the police. A political shadow hangs over the investigation once again.
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
No one understands the involvement of the local policewoman, and Triana's friend, Raquel Gago. The prosecution is convinced that she was part of the plan, but she maintains her innocence. The defence calls up two police inspectors as witnesses. They are accused of misleading the defendants and lying in their testimonies. Serious suspicions emerge surrounding the police investigation which had been heavily politicized. The testimonies end and the jury...
55) After the Fire
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning story and NY Times bestseller, AFTER THE FIRE is a gripping documentary detailing the tales of incredible courage and cowardice in the aftermath of the 2000 Seton Hall Fire in New Jersey. The story follows two freshmen roommates, Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, proceeding from the devastating fire to the grueling medical treatment and into their life-affirming future. It is also the story of the search for the arsonists...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...
Author
Publisher
Agate Midway, an imprint of Agate Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago. You probably know Roxie and Velma, the good-time gals of the 1926 satirical play Chicago and its wildly successful musical and movie adaptations. You might not know that Roxie, Velma, and the rest of the colorful characters of the play were inspired by real prisoners held in "Murderess Row" in 1920s Chicago -- or that the reporter who covered their trials...
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
January 16, 1988 was just like any other day in Tamworth, New South Wales. But after a teenage boy was found dead on the train racks, it triggered a string of unanswered questions, cover-ups and mistakes that have haunted the community for 30 years. So can Mark Haines' death be put down to misadventure or something more sinister?
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Australian Story and the ABC's Unravel podcast series present a major breakthrough in the mysterious case of teenager Mark Haines. When Mark's body was found on train tracks near Tamworth 30 years ago police put it down to misadventure, a theory his family never accepted. Now, after a five-year investigation, journalist Allan Clarke has unearthed explosive new evidence and a key suspect.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It's 1988. Just outside of Tamworth in country New South Wales, a freight train hits someone lying on the tracks. The tracks divide Tamworth in two. An Aboriginal community (nicknamed "Vegemite Village") on one side, a largely white population on the other. The boy on the tracks is Mark Haines, a 17 year-old Gomeroi teenager. Despite the strange evidence found at the scene of his death, the family feel like they're being ignored by police. An inquiry...
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