Murder
A Mexican Fable: Murder and the Feather Boa (1996)
Documentary • Marc Karlin
La Vanessa was the organiser of the first gay rights march in Chiapas State, Mexico. Four years after her murder in 1992, this study of mexican transvestite culture documents a period of fear marked by 29 brutal murders. It originally aired in 1996 as part of Channel 4's Latino Nights line-up (&#...
#lgbtq+ #mexico #chiapas #1990s #channel 4 #uk #gay interest #murder #hate crime
Dead Asleep (2021)
Documentary • Skye Borgman
Follows and shares exclusive footage of the case of Randy Herman Jr., a man convicted of a murder he says he committed while sleepwalking in 2017.
#2020s #controversial #death #friend #friendship #homicide #male female relationship #murder #murder by stabbing #trial
Unforgiven: The Boys Who Murdered James Bulger (2001)
Dispatches • Documentary • Gerry Troyna
The documentary covers the outcry from the population after hearing about the release of the two boys who killed 2 year-old James Bulger in 1993. Presenting the protests against their release from an institution, the film also gives a background about the killers, their terrible violent act and t...
#toddler #death #murder #cruelty #2000s #evil #child #sadism #shopping mall #evil boy
The Virgin Killer (2014)
Documentary • Talya Tibbon
British-born Elliot Rodger murdered six students and injured 13 in nine locations across Santa Barbara, California. The rampage began when he stabbed three of his housemates to death. Leaving the scene in his car, the 22-year-old fired at people around the university town of Isla Vista. Just a da...
#women make films #female director #incel #incels #narration #revenge killing spree #revenge motive #talking to the camera #loneliness #loner
Banned from Television (1998)
Shockumentary • Joe Francis
A series of videos containing footage of real life events that were too disturbing for television.
#male objectification #car accident #skydiving #skiing accident #shot in the head #robbery #police sniper #police corruption #male nudity #hold up
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
Documentary • Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Oscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.
#2000s #florida #trial #child in jeopardy #jacksonville #murder #african american #teenager #jury trial #death
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Comedy, Crime • John Waters
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
#underground film #independent film #nudity #cult director #cult film #black comedy #banned film #controversial #sexual violence #masturbation
Backpack Killer: Mia & Tom's Story (2018)
Documentary • Jim Warren
A look at the murders, in Queensland Australia, of a 20-year-old British backpacker and the man who tried to save her.
#true crime #australia #queensland #2010s #murder #homicide