Dream/Killer
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| Directed by | Andrew Jenks |
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| Edited by | Sam Lee |
| Music by | Jay Wadley |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dream/Killer, stylized onscreen as dream/killer, is a 2015 documentary film about the wrongful conviction of Ryan Ferguson based on the testimony of a classmate who said that he’d dreamt that Ferguson was the killer.[1] The film details the case and Bill Ferguson's journey to free his son. It debuted at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.[2] It aired in August 2016 as a two-hour special on the Investigation Discovery network.[3] The documentary was later released on Netflix in 2019.[4]
Persons featured
[edit]- Ryan W. Ferguson
- Bill Ferguson
- Leslie Ferguson
- Charles Erickson
- Kevin Crane
- Kathleen Zellner
Synopsis
[edit]dream/killer details the wrongful conviction of Ryan Ferguson who spent ten years in prison before having his conviction overturned. The film focuses on Ryan's father, Bill, as he pursues a campaign to keep public attention on Ryan's case and work with lawyers to appeal Ryan's conviction.[5][6] The film documents the investigation into claims that Missouri prosecutor Kevin Crane pressured witnesses into implicating Ferguson[7] as well as omitting evidence and using flawed interrogation techniques.[8]
Reception
[edit]In The New York Times Ken Jaworowski wrote, "dream/killer remains fast-paced and frightening".[8] Rolling Stone writes that the film "show(s) the corruptive nature of power and brutally slow machinations of the U.S. justice system".[9] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times was critical of the film however, writing that the film looked only at the chronology of events, not the deeper causes of the problems presented.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Ryan Ferguson Speaks about Dream Killer, the New Film about his Case". Innocence Project. May 11, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Meet the 2015 Tribeca Filmmakers #4 : The Justice System is Broken in Andrew Jenks' 'dream/killer'". Indiewire. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Investigation Discovery to Present Controversial Documentary DREAM KILLER, 8/14". Broadway World. August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ↑ dream/killer. Netflix.
- ↑ "'Dream/Killer' Review: 2015 Tribeca Film Shows How Injustice Affects A Family". International Business Times. April 20, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ↑ "Must-See Wrongful-Conviction Doc 'dream/killer' Indicts a System". Village Voice. Archived from the original on November 27, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ↑ Perez, Alex (September 10, 2013). "Murder Convict May Be Freed By Appeals Court After Case Unravels". ABC News.
- 1 2 Jaworowski, Ken (December 4, 2015). "Review: 'Dream/Killer,' a Father's Battle to Free His Son in a Wrongful Conviction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ↑ "15 Must-See Movies at Tribeca Film Festival 2015". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Review: 'Dream/Killer' a nightmare in tone". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
External links
[edit]- dream/killer. Netflix.
- Dream/Killer at IMDb
- Dream/Killer at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2015 films
- 2015 American films
- 2015 English-language films
- 2015 documentary films
- American documentary films
- Documentary films about crime in the United States
- Documentary films about incarceration in the United States
- Documentary films about law
- Documentary films about miscarriage of justice in the United States
- English-language documentary films
- Netflix original documentary films