Should you watch The Fear of 13?
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The Fear of 13
Documentary · 2015
After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems.
The sides of The Fear of 13
- A man on death row for over twenty years
- A prisoner asking to be executed
- One voice telling his story to the camera
The Fear of 13 is good for you if…
- you can't look away from a gifted storyteller talking straight to you.
- you like a true story that changes meaning before the end.
- you want a real case of justice and prison told from the inside.
The Fear of 13 is bad for you if…
- you can't take years of solitary confinement and a murder at the heart of it.
- you can't sit through ninety minutes of one man talking with reenactments.
About: justice · hope · prison
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