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Devilish Details

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:03:15 +0000

After the murder of volleyball star Ingrid Visser, local Spanish press published graphic details of the case. Accused of hurting her family and influencing the trial. Are the press too close to their police sources? It was just the next morning after the murder when local newspaper La Verdad was able to publish an extremely detailed report about the find. So just where did this information come from? "That's a million euro question that I will never answer", retorts crime reporter, Ricardo Fernandez. The Spanish press and police have a notoriously close relationship. The lawyer of the main suspect claims that his client has already been convicted in the court of public opinion, and that a fair trial is now impossible. In Holland relatives of Ingrid Visser have been horrified by the intimate revelations about the case printed in La Verdad. Yet Fernandez remains defiant: "I have to protect my interests. And my interests are to inform society".

Murder in the Amazon

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:09:29 +0000

In May 2011, married environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and Maria do Espirito Santo were shot to death outside their house in the Amazonian state of Para. A month later the film team traveled to Zé Cláudio's hometown of Marabá, which was once in the middle of the rainforest and is now surrounded by miles and miles of clearcut cattle land. As the investigation into Zé and Maria's murders went nowhere, the crew drove into the forest to the site of the killings, followed the heavily armed men of Brazil's environmental protection agency as they busted up illegal timber mills, they visited the militant squatters of Brazil's Landless Movement, met modern day slaves, and marveled at the lawless, violent atmosphere that permeates the town locals call Marabála (that means Mara-bullets).

Into the Abyss – Death Row Documentary by Werner Herzog – Preview Clips

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:50:59 +0000

Werner Herzog is working on a documentary feature focusing on death row inmates. He explores the legacy of a triple homicide in Texas interviewing the victims’ families and those convicted for the crime including one man on death row, eight days before his execution. “I am doing a film on death row inmates who are waiting for execution. Of course, it fascinates me to look into deep abysses of the human soul. Left and right, wherever you look, there is an abyss.” Here are some preview clips from the upcoming film: Clip2

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Russian Mafia: Thieves by Law

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:05:31 +0000

Very detailed and well made documentary about the Russian Mafia and how the systems works. Filled with exclusive footage and interviews. You get some real insights. No - it is not fiction, it is real.

Impunity and Profits in Juarez (Mexico): Murder Capital of the World

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:30:03 +0000

Once known as a booming industrial city and a model of economic progress in Mexico, the border city of Juarez has become infamous as the murder capital of the world. More than 8,000 people have been killed there since 2008, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent in the army to carry out his offensive against the drug cartels. Across the border is El Paso and has the lowest crime rate in the United States. The official story is that the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels are fighting for the city and the access it provides to the multi-billion dollar US drug market only a few hundred metres away. Josh Rushing travels to Ciudad Juarez, and asks how human life there came to be worth so much less than the drugs being trafficked through.

Charles Manson Then and Now

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:45:19 +0000

Tracing America's morbid fascination with the infamous sociopath,jailed in 1970 after members of his cult "family" went on a murder spree..