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A fascinatingly disturbing true-crime documentary, Tales of the Grim Sleeper isn't just about a serial killer, but a film about race and class and the value -- or lack of it -- that...
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield investigates the case of the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer terrorizing South Central Los Angeles for 25 years. TOP CRITIC. This is by no means groundbreaking...
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- Nick Broomfield
Jan 30, 2015 · His subject is ostensibly the alleged serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr (nicknamed the Grim Sleeper), who may have killed more than 100 women over a 25-year period, but the real focus is...
- Geoffrey Macnab
Aug 30, 2014 · Broomfield’s subject, the eponymous Grim Sleeper, was a serial killer responsible for murdering upwards of 100 black women over the course of 25 years in South Los Angeles.
Documentarian Nick Broomfield's new film, TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER, explores the case of accused serial killer Lonnie Franklin and paints a sobering picture of the prejudice and abuse suffered by the women who were targeted as his victims. Slarek takes a walk through South Central Los Angeles.
Dec 26, 2014 · Tales of the Grim Sleeper is unusually somber and conventional by Broomfield's standards, relying more on slow accumulation of detail than caustic commentary or ambush interviews. But it has a quiet emotional force which pays off during the powerful final sequence.
Sep 6, 2014 · Review: Tales of the Grim Sleeper. Nick Broomfield is dedicated to illuminating how personal strife traces to economic subalimentation and historical degradation. by Clayton Dillard. September 6, 2014. Photo: South Central Films.
