SummaryIn 2004, 16-year-old Cyntoia Denise Brown was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, for murdering a 43-year-old man who picked her up for sex. She was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison — Cyntoia’s fate seemed sealed. The film shows the complexity of a child who was the product of three generations of violence against women in her biol... Read More
Directed By:Daniel H. Birman
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
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Apr 30, 2020
80
This is a quiet, elegant memoir that humanizes a systemic American challenge — and offers a narrative catharsis only possible with real-life mercy.
Apr 30, 2020
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The filmmaker’s narrative and visual approach isn’t especially novel in style, but it is compassionate, detailed and persuasive in its assembly.
Apr 30, 2020
70
What begins as seemingly another lurid Netflix true-crime excavation emerges as a considerably more affecting testament to the damage wrought by generation upon generation of sexual abuse.
Apr 30, 2020
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Daniel H. Birman’s Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story is what happens when a crime documentary loses sight of its focus.
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Production Company:
- Daniel H. Birman Productions
Release Date:Apr 29, 2020
Duration:1 h 36 m
Rating:TV-MA
