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61) West of Memphis
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
True story centering on the new investigation surrounding the 1993 murders of three 8-year-old boys in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Evidence surrounding the murders exposed the wrongful conviction of three teenagers who lost 18 years of their lives imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by a true story, The Staircase follows writer and war veteran Michael Peterson after the suspicious death of his wife Kathleen. On December 9, 2001, Michael makes a frantic 911 call reporting Kathleen has fallen down the stairs of their Durham, NC home. But when the district attorney brings murder charges, members of Michael's blended family must choose whose side they're on and which version of events to believe. As the case becomes engulfed...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (258 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband, Russ' conviction. When his conviction was overturned, the crime set off a chain of events that exposed a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
64) Saint Omer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Description
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving...
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