Leo Frank, American factory superintendent whose conviction in 1913 for the murder of Mary Phagan resulted in his lynching. In 2007 he was found guilty of murder in a different case. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn!
There was a moment when Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, the filmmakers behind Netflix’s hit “Making a Murderer,” knew their documentary series had crossed over from obscurity to a pop culture phenomenon.“When Alec Baldwin called Moira on her cellphone,” Ricciardi says flatly.It was January 2016 — less than a month after the 10-part series began making the binge-watching rounds in households across the country (and beyond) in a time usually reserved for spreading good cheer, not becoming engrossed in a grim tale of murder and social justice. When the first season of Making A Murderer was first launched on Netflix in December 2015 it garnered a huge international audience.
“Then you ask yourself: At what pace will things happen? Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Now. Meanwhile, Avery’s new attorney is introduced: Illinois-based lawyer Kathleen Zellner, who specializes in wrongful conviction cases. (Netflix) There was also the matter of the filmmakers now being well known. History at your fingertips (The end credits for each episode in Part 2 include a list of people that declined to participate in filming. Amy Tikkanen is the general corrections manager, handling a wide range of topics that include Hollywood, politics, books, and anything related to the
Casey Bloys also takes on a larger role in the new structure.TV highlights for Aug. 9-15 include “Birds of Prey,” “Little Women” and the series finale of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020: ‘The Great Escape’ on TCM; “E.T.” on Bravo; “The Godfather” and “The Godfather, Part II” on AMCMoira Demos, left, and Laura Ricciardi are the filmmakers behind Netflix’s unexpected 2015 hit, “Making a Murderer.”
)“We tried with whatever materials we could get to include Teresa and to include her family and the various victims of the crime, and include what they were going through,” Demos says.
Frank was pardoned in 1986. After Beernsten picked him out of a photo array, Avery was arrested. The camera then eventually lands on Steven’s mother, Dolores Avery, the delicacy of her health and age more apparent, in her humble home as she goes through mounds of support mail — admirers have written letters, sent gifts and assembled scrapbooks dedicated to Steven and Brendan. It’s a gap in time that has also seen Netflix capitalize on the explosion in the public’s appetite for true-crime docu-series since “Murderer” initially launched with the likes of “Evil Genius,” “Wild Wild Country” and “The Staircase.” With its return, “Making a Murderer” adds a new element to its intrigue: how the series’ popularity has played a part in the narrative unfolding for its subjects.“What ‘Making a Murderer’ did was really provide an incredible example of complex, deep storytelling in the nonfiction form,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s vice president of original documentary and comedy, in a phone interview. We would ask the same questions we asked when considering whether to do Part 2: What’s happening?
A still from “Making a Murderer: Part 2" that show’s Steven Avery’s new attorney, Kathleen Zellner. Steven Avery’s booking photo. Their methodology, their philosophy, their strategy was very different.
Notably, his attorneys argued that the blood in Halbach’s car had actually come from a sample Avery had provided during the 1985 case, though it was debated whether someone had tampered with the vial.