DOC NYC 2017

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Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Joe Berlinger, Allison Berg, Kahane Cooperman)
Docuseries about the murder of a Kansas family in 1959, which formed the basis for Truman Capote's Cold Blood.
The Iconoclast (Country: UK, Spain, Netherlands; Year: 2017; Director: King Adz; Stars: Banksy, Valeria Vereau, Robert Baer, King Adz, Steve Lazarides, Matthew Bogdanos, Royce Cronin, Alex Baddeley, Loretta Napoleoni, Arthur Brand, Sophie Anhoury, Raymond Lobato, Dick Ellis, Anthony Micallef, Michel van Rijn)
A true life thriller about art smuggler Michel van Rijn.
World premiere
A Murder In Mansfield (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Barbara Kopple)
The legacy of the 1989 murder of Noreen Boyle in Mansfield, Ohio.
World premiere
White Boy (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Christopher S Rech), Official Site
Documentary about Richard Wershe Jr, known as ‘White Boy Rick’, suggesting his punishment may not fit his crimes.
NYC premiere
What Haunts Us (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Paige Tolmach)
Why are the men of Charleston, South Carolina's Porter Gaud School killing themselves? The filmmaker investigates.
NYC premiere
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