Name: Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2014-08-29
Rating: 6.3

2014

25 years. Hundreds of victims. Justice for none.

CrimeDocumentary1h 45m

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76%

Popcornmeter

6.3

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

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Details

DirectorNick Broomfield

ReleasedAug 29, 2014

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

South Central Films

HBO Documentary Films

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

6 fresh · 0 rotten

Shadow and Act Staff

RTShadow and ActSep 15, 2022

This is by no means groundbreaking filmmaking, but its ideas are challenging, which, in a story like this one, is crucial.

Jason Bailey

RTFlavorwireJun 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.

Clayton Dillard

RTSlant MagazineApr 27, 2015

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.

Ben Nicholson

RTCineVueApr 4, 2019

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.