

Tales of the Grim Sleeper
2014-08-29 · 105 min · ★ 6.3
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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- Nick Broomfield
- Production companies
- South Central Films, HBO Documentary Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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