4 Features. 4 Shorts. 3 Special Presentations.
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
On July 10, 1977, 18-year-old Laura Long disappeared. Told from four different perspectives close to the case, this documentary tells the details of this cold case and the impact it had on a small town in Oklahoma.
- Followed by a Special Discussion with retired APD Lieutenant and crime author Trudy Nan Boyce
"FINDING TYLER" directed by Chris Brannan & Diana Riechenbach
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
In August of 2003, Tyler Johnson was a prized scholar in theoretical physics. Months later he was homeless on the island of Corsica, a fugitive wanted by the FBI.
"FIRST WEEK OUT" directed by Charles Fritschner
"LAURA" directed by Cade Thomas ***WINNER*** Best Feature Film
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
Larry Williams spent the last 42 years in prison. We follow his first week of freedom.
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
If each minute of your life equaled a year, then the amount of time you spend watching this documentary is the amount of time Melvin Ortiz has been in prison for a crime he did not commit.
"MOUNTAIN TIME" directed by Scott Hess ***WINNER*** Best Short Film
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
"MOUNTAIN TIME" directed by Scott Hess ***WINNER*** Best Short Film
A true story of injustice and murder in Sonoma County, California. One of the most heinous murders to ever happen in California was blamed on a Japanese immigrant. From a unique perspective this film reviews the facts and who may be the real perpetrator.
"PARK VIEW" directed by Tab Ballis ***WINNER*** Audience Choice
"NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK: THE MELVIN ORTIZ STORY" directed by I. Guardarrama, M. Peterson, F. Trust
"MOUNTAIN TIME" directed by Scott Hess ***WINNER*** Best Short Film
The 1990 murder of Talana Kreeger, in the Southern coastal community of Wilmington, NC, still challenges our assumptions about legal, religious, and media responses to LGBTQ hate crimes.
"INDIANS, OUTLAWS, MARSHALS & THE HANGIN' JUDGE" directed by Larry Foley
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE QUARTZSITE" directed by Cyle O'Donnell ***WINNER*** Best Director
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE QUARTZSITE" directed by Cyle O'Donnell ***WINNER*** Best Director
While set in the late 19th century, the stories documented in this film resonate today: gun violence, racial strife, police brutality and American Indian rights. This is a true tale of Indian removal, crime, capital punishment and a charismatic federal judge who sentenced scores of felons to "hang by the neck until you are dead."
- Followed by a Special Presentation of "Catlick", the Atlanta historical true crime podcast by B.T. Harman.
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE QUARTZSITE" directed by Cyle O'Donnell ***WINNER*** Best Director
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE QUARTZSITE" directed by Cyle O'Donnell ***WINNER*** Best Director
"BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE QUARTZSITE" directed by Cyle O'Donnell ***WINNER*** Best Director
From allegations of widespread police corruption, a targeted campaign of political harassment and millions in town hall embezzlement, to a murder-for-hire plot hatched between the town's first two mayors, the tiny, desert borough of Quartzsite, Arizona, has seen conflict reserved for cities 100 times its size. Now, amid an unprecedented flurry of national headlines depicting police brutality and the overuse of authority, the citizens are fighting back -- and winning.
- Followed by a Special Presentation of Southern Fried True Crime by Erica Kelley.