The Staircase
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, academy award winning documentary filmmaker, gifts a courtroom thriller, offering a revealing and rare inside look in a high-profile murder trial. Back in 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body has been discovered lying in a pool of blood. Granted unusual access to dwelling, Peterson's attorneys and family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team because it considers its tactical alternatives. "The stairs" is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice which contains more twists than an authorized bestseller.
Released: 2005-04-04