When their son is accused of murdering his sister, a mother and father face perhaps the most awful decision any parent could have to make: whether to break with their son or accept him back into the family. With astonishing footage shot over a ten-year period, from minutes after the crime was committed to the present, the film follows the family's evolving relationships. Winner of Best Canadian Documentary at the **International Emmy Awards**. Nominated...

Winner of a Peabody Award, a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Documentary, and a Critic's Choice Award for Best First Feature, SOUTHWEST OF SALEM excavates the nightmarish persecution of Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Anna Vasquez, four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of gang-raping two little girls in San Antonio, Texas. Using the women’s home video footage from 21 years ago combined with recent verité footage and interviews,...

The explosive documentary THE SYNDROME follows the crusade of a group of doctors, scientists, and legal scholars who have uncovered that “Shaken Baby Syndrome,” a child abuse theory used in hundreds of U.S. prosecutions each year, is not scientifically valid. In fact, they say it doesn’t exist. Filmmaker Meryl Goldsmith and national award-winning investigative reporter Susan Goldsmith document the unimaginable nightmare for those accused and...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Brittney left her house unexpectedly in May 2012 in rural Alabama. She was never seen or heard from again. Her mother has campaigned for years to continue the search after the police gave up. Told emotionally by the family and captivating plot twists at the end of each episode, we discover the horrific truth Brittney’s entire family was hiding. Almost all her relatives were implicated in Alabama’s largest child sex ring, and in May 2012, young...

Days before execution, a convicted murderer is pardoned by evidence found by overzealous Northwestern journalism students. This true crime saga argues he may really be guilty.

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...