The Staircase
Academy award winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier p Lestrade, gifts a courtroom thriller, offering a revealing and rare inside look at an murder trial. Back in 2001, author Michael Peterson had been arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body has been discovered lying to these home's stairway in a puddle of blood. Granted access to Peterson's lawyers, dwelling and immediate family, p Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its own strategic alternatives. "The stairs" is a look at contemporary American justice which features more twists than an authorized bestseller.
Released: 2005-04-04