You aren't prepared for the pure insanity of Netflix's new true -
crime documentary series Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist.
Premiering on SundanceTV in November is Berlinger's four - part true
crime documentary series Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders, a reexamination of the crime chronicled in Truman Capote's landmark book and the Oscar - nominated film.
Not exact matches
Connor Schell, executive producer of ESPN Films, told reporters on a conference call earlier this week that, when he first discussed the project that became Made in America with the director Edelman more than two years ago, they had no idea to what extent the Simpson trial would reassert itself into American popular culture after two decades — not to mention the surge in popularity of the true
crime genre, as seen recently with
documentary series like Netflix's Making a Murderer and HBO's The Jinx.
Directing the
series is Joe Berlinger, the Academy Award - nominated director of the true -
crime documentary «Paradise Lost.»
Meanwhile, the famed filmmaker will soon join in on the trend himself, with a new Netflix
documentary series he has in the works that he says «has an element of true
crime in it.»
Coming on the heels of prestige true
crime series like Serial and HBO's The Jinx, the Netflix's
documentary series offers an astonishing look at the criminal justice system through the bizarre case of Steven Avery.
This compelling
documentary series presents a countdown of America's 60 most notorious unsolved mysteries and
crimes in a dramatic compilation revealing these unanswered questions in 10 fascinating episodes.
Errol Morris, whose «Tabloid» showed in 2010, and «The B - Side» only last year, returns with «Wormwood,» a mysterious six - part Netflix
series about a true
crime, part
documentary, part drama, starring Bob Balaban and Christian Camargo.
This
documentary series tells the story of Steven Avery, who spent 18 years behind bars for a
crime he didn't commit only to be arrested for another
crime he claims he didn't commit either.
Also new: 1990s
crime drama McCallum:
Series 1 & 2 with John Hannah and documentary series The Yorkshire Vet: Ser
Series 1 & 2 with John Hannah and
documentary series The Yorkshire Vet: Ser
series The Yorkshire Vet:
SeriesSeries 3.
Among them a
series of three
documentaries on hate
crimes in the US, two focusing specifically on
crimes committed against members of the LGBT community.
Dumbstruck (2010)(
Documentary) Director: Mark Goffman Truly Indie Maneater Mini-
series (2009) Director: Timothy Busfield Lifetime Television Gym Teacher: The Movie TV Film (2009) Director: Paul Dinello Nickelodeon Original Movies The Memory Keeper's Daughter TV Film (2008) Director: Mick Jackson Lifetime Television Cashmere Mafia
Series (2008) Producers: Darren Starr, Cathy M. Frank, Gail Katz ABC Jake In Progress
Series (2006) Producer: Jeff Morton, Austin Winsberg ABC Kitchen Confidential
Series (2006) Producers: David Hemingson, Darren Star FOX Icon TV Film (2005) Director: Charles Martin Smith The Hallmark Channel King Solomon's Mines TV Film (2004) Director: Steve Boyum The Hallmark Channel Oliver Beene
Series (2003) Producers: Carter Bays, Jim Berstein FOX Soul Survivors Film (2001) Director: Stephen Carpenter Artisan Entertainment Cowboy Up Film (2001) Director: Xavier Koller Destination Films Anatomy Of A Hate
Crime TV Film (2001) Director: Tim Hunter MTV Hendrix TV Film (1999) Director: Leon Ichaso Showtime / MGM Execution Of Justice TV Film (1999) Director: Leon Ichaso Showtime / Paramount Don't Look Under The Bed TV Film (1999) Director: Kenneth Johnson The Disney Channel Splendor Film (1999) Director: Gregg Araki Samuel Goldwyn Films Permanent Midnight Film (1998) Director: David Veloz Artisan Entertainment Brave New World TV Film (1998) Producers: Todd Sharp, Michael Joyce NBC The Winner Film (1997) Director: Alex Cox Artisan Entertainment Bad Moon Film (1996) Director: Eric Red Morgan Creek Productions Stephen King's Thinner Film (1996) Director: Tom Holland Paramount Pictures Hellraiser: Bloodline Film (1996) Director: Kevin Yeager Dimension Films A Woman Undone TV Film (1996) Director: Evelyn Purcell Showtime Zooman TV Film (1995) Director: Leon Ichaso Showtime The Hard Truth TV Film (1994) Producers: Gary DePew, Carol Rossi HBO
The
series draws on contemporary
documentary practices to reflect the bewildering atmosphere of the region, using pictures of foreboding landscapes and festivities, alongside images of locals uncovering
crime scenes, and found material selected from different sources.
In the
series, Masha Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot will chat with the New Yorker editor David Remnick, and on Monday Joshua Oppenheimer will screen a director's cut of «The Act of Killing,» his
documentary about the mid-1960s Indonesian genocide that, with scenes of perpetrators reenacting their own
crimes in full drag, makes the case for camp as a political tool.
The
series pokes fun at reality TV and true
crime documentaries.