Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award, makes a gripping courtroom thriller that gives a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was charged with killing his wife Kathleen, whose body was found lying in a pool of blood on the stairs of their home. Given unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home, and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras catch the defense team as it considers its options. "The Staircase" is an interesting look at modern American justice that has more twists than a legal bestseller.
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Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award, makes a gripping courtroom thriller that gives a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was charged with killing his wife Kathleen, whose body was found lying in a pool of blood on the stairs of their home. Given unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home, and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras catch the defense team as it considers its options. "The Staircase" is an interesting look at modern American justice that has more twists than a legal bestseller.
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