I found out about this documentary after having watched the second season of Mindhunter, which is all about the case of Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
I'm not an FBI groupie at all, though I do enjoy the dramatised science behind shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds. I should add that I am aware that the investigative process depicted in shows like this is HEAVILY dramatised, having been altered by fictitious interactions in order to accelerate the story.
Which is why I was surprised to see the same thing happen in a documentary. The whole premise of this series is that the initial investigation is was botched due to political pressure from politicians trying to maintain an illusion of peace and quiet in a city/state they were attempting to funnel investment money into. That being said, after 4,5 episodes, the issue of the killings in question having stopped upon the arrest of the prime suspect was finally addressed in a completely unsatisfactory manner.
The narrative provides testimony to undermine the fact that there haven't been any victims of the Atlanta slayer after the arrest of Wayne Williams by showing statements from unbelievers about how other (some) potential suspects were arrested around the same time as Williams. Which would be the reason behind the discontinuation of the killings. Over the whole 5 episodes of the show, the fact that there hasn't been a murder that could(or couldn't) be grouped with the Atlanta children case after the arrest of Williams, had about 3-4 minutes of coverage, without any testimony from the victim's families. In fact, attempts to explain away the lack of murders after the arrest of Williams came only from those who believed in his innocence.
Having seen all 5 episodes, it became clear to me that all 5 episodes of this show were intentionally structured to attempt to undermine the opinion about Wayne Williams being guilty of the murders in question. Perhaps, that was the goal from the start. You know how when one decides to watch a movie, one can look at it's description and see it's genre? Action/horror/comedy/drama, etc? This documentary should have been labeled as "subjective".
All that being said, it really is a great watch: the music, the editing, the photography...I could go on and on. Definitely give this one a watch.
I'm not an FBI groupie at all, though I do enjoy the dramatised science behind shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds. I should add that I am aware that the investigative process depicted in shows like this is HEAVILY dramatised, having been altered by fictitious interactions in order to accelerate the story.
Which is why I was surprised to see the same thing happen in a documentary. The whole premise of this series is that the initial investigation is was botched due to political pressure from politicians trying to maintain an illusion of peace and quiet in a city/state they were attempting to funnel investment money into. That being said, after 4,5 episodes, the issue of the killings in question having stopped upon the arrest of the prime suspect was finally addressed in a completely unsatisfactory manner.
The narrative provides testimony to undermine the fact that there haven't been any victims of the Atlanta slayer after the arrest of Wayne Williams by showing statements from unbelievers about how other (some) potential suspects were arrested around the same time as Williams. Which would be the reason behind the discontinuation of the killings. Over the whole 5 episodes of the show, the fact that there hasn't been a murder that could(or couldn't) be grouped with the Atlanta children case after the arrest of Williams, had about 3-4 minutes of coverage, without any testimony from the victim's families. In fact, attempts to explain away the lack of murders after the arrest of Williams came only from those who believed in his innocence.
Having seen all 5 episodes, it became clear to me that all 5 episodes of this show were intentionally structured to attempt to undermine the opinion about Wayne Williams being guilty of the murders in question. Perhaps, that was the goal from the start. You know how when one decides to watch a movie, one can look at it's description and see it's genre? Action/horror/comedy/drama, etc? This documentary should have been labeled as "subjective".
All that being said, it really is a great watch: the music, the editing, the photography...I could go on and on. Definitely give this one a watch.