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Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Aug 29, 2014
105 min
CrimeDocumentary
6.3/ 10
65 votes

Overview

When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.

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TMDB
6.3/10
65 votes
IMDB
7.0/10
3,268 votes
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100%
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1 win & 6 nominations total

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"25 years. Hundreds of victims. Justice for none."

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South Central FilmsHBO Documentary Films

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