MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING

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• Release Year: 2001
• Genre: Crime, Documentary
• Plot: Beating out some of the most poignant and powerful films of the last decade, this gripping edge-of-your-seat whodunit catapulted to the top of 'must see' lists everywhere when it emerged to win the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. Invigorating and heart-wrenching at the same time, it is the stuff suspense novelists only dream of writing. ; ; Jacksonville, Florida, May 2000. Mary Ann Stephens is shot in the head at point blank range in front of her husband. Two hours later, Brenton Butler, a 15 year old black male, is arrested walking down a nearby street. Mr. Stephens identifies him. Butler signs a confession. ; ; Everyone involved with the case, from investigators to journalists, is ready to condemn Butler, except his lawyer, Patrick McGuinness. A dazzling and magnetic presence of Hollywood proportions, McGuiness reopens the inquiry, and in a dramatic and absolutely spine-tingling sequence of events, he and his team discover a slew of shocking and troubling elements about the case. Did Brenton write his own confession? Where is the concrete evidence? And most importantly, can the police be lying?
• Cast: Ann Finnell, Patrick McGuinness, James Williams, Michael Glover, Dwayne Darnell, Brenton Butler, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
• Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Maha, Pathe Doc, France 2, Newvideo
• Media Format: Movie