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Title Crime after crime / Ro*co Films International ; a Life Sentence Films LLC production ; produced & directed by Yoav Potash.

Publication Info. New York : Virgil Films, [2012]
©2012

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 Moore Video  HV9475.C3 C75 2012    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition [Widescreen].
Description 1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Series OWN documentary club
OWN documentary club.
Note Documentary.
Performer Introduction, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell ; participants, Deborah Peagler, Nadia Costa.
Credits Directors of photography, Ben Ferrer and Yoav Potash ; editing, Yoav Potash and Frank Giraffe ; consulting producer, Gail Dolgin ; consulting editor ; Aaron I. Butler ; associate producers, Shira Potash, Melissa Schulman ; original score, Jaymee Carpenter ; music supervision, Jaymee Carpenter, Yoav Potash.
System Details DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation.
Note Originally produced in 2011.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards National Board of Review, Freedom of Expression Award; San Francisco International Film Festival, Audience Award; Heartland Film Festival, Best Documentary, Grand Prize; Sundance Film Festival 2011, official selection.
Summary In 1983, Deborah Peagler, a woman brutally abused by her boyfriend, was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for her connection to his murder. Twenty years later, California passed a law allowing incarcerated domestic violence survivors to reopen their cases. This documentary follows two attorneys who take Debbie's case and strive to attain testimonies of long lost witnesses, proof of perjured evidence, and new testimonies from the men who committed the murder.
Contents Extra features include deleted scenes, "Crime after crime" in context, Q&A at the Sundance Film Festival, "Crime after crime " trailer, about the film.
Language In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject Peagler, Debbie, 1959-2010.
Peagler, Debbie, 1959-2010.
Women prisoners -- California -- Biography.
Women prisoners.
California.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Prisoners -- California -- Biography.
Prisoners.
Abused women -- California -- Biography.
Abused women.
Judicial error -- California -- Case studies.
Judicial error.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Appellate procedure -- California -- Case studies.
Appellate procedure.
Central California Women's Facility.
Central California Women's Facility.
Genre/Form Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Biographical films.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Added Author Potash, Yoav, producer, director.
Winfrey, Oprah, on-screen presenter.
O'Donnell, Rosie, on-screen presenter.
Peagler, Debbie, 1959-2010.
Costa, Nadia.
Saffran, Joshua.
Carpenter, Jaymee, composer.
Life Sentence Films.
Ro*co Films International.
Virgil Films.
Standard No. 829567078822
Music No. 670788 Virgil Films