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Tales of the Grim Sleeper

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Filmmaker Nick Broomfield investigates the case of the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer terrorizing South Central Los Angeles for 25 years.

Critics Reviews

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Shadow and Act Staff Shadow and Act 09/15/2022
This is by no means groundbreaking filmmaking, but its ideas are challenging, which, in a story like this one, is crucial. Go to Full Review
Jason Bailey Flavorwire 06/18/2016
Like the best of Broomfield's work, it's both an explanation and investigation, the filmmaker puzzling out a complicated story as he goes, dogged in his determination. Go to Full Review
Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine 04/27/2015
3/4
Broomfield meticulously frames his engagements with the South Central residents as dedicated to illuminating how personal strife consistently traces to economic subalimentation and historical degradation. Go to Full Review
Ben Nicholson CineVue 04/04/2019
4/5
The dark recesses of a diseased mind may make the headline, but it is the indictment of far more widespread infection that rings out and is striking in its prescience. Go to Full Review
Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 11/09/2018
Tales of the Grim Sleeper is so outlandish, shocking, and culturally relevant that of course it's going to drop a few jaws, but the ever scarier afterthought is how these murders went unaccounted for, for so long. Now that is truly haunting. Go to Full Review
Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 01/09/2016
The sordid yet mundane (making it all the sadder) story of a black community plagued by police unconcern, with the men closest to the accused almost shruggingly inured to his voyeurism and predation. (The impressive fighters here are female.) Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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02/04/2021 exposes the truth about how horribly we treat black woman in this country. a devastating and well crafted documentary. See more 02/08/2017 I don't know why this is critically acclaimed. It is boring for the most part. Interviewing random locals & the main guy producing has the most boring voice I have ever heard. Just dull. See more 04/17/2016 Unfortunately as funny as it is disturbing. And not at the expense of each other, so it really works. See more 11/10/2015 omfg; one the best films you'll find about the intersection of race and law enforcement...plus its super fun to watch See more markus m 10/14/2015 Instead of trying to study the case of the Grim Sleeper by looking at it from the outside, director Broomfield decides to take his investigation straight to the community in which these crimes were committed, and by doing so creates a documentary that is not as much a picture of the Grim Sleeper as it is a very up-close and personal one of certain aspects of American society. 8+/10 See more 07/12/2015 Nick Broomfield still got it! A stunning, well-told story as much about a cold-blooded serial killer as it is about the police and friends who let it go on for years. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Nick Broomfield investigates the case of the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer terrorizing South Central Los Angeles for 25 years.
Director
Nick Broomfield
Producer
Marc Hoeferlin
Production Co
South Central Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 45m