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HBO Docs Chiefs Search For Stories Featuring “Crime With A Conscience”


HBO kicked off the current iteration of the premium true-crime movement with The Jinx back in 2015. As they prepare to launch The Jinx – Part 2, Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, EVPs of HBO Documenta…

As they prepare to launch The Jinx – Part 2, Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, EVPs of HBO Documentary and Family Programming laid out their strategy to find films involving “crime with a conscience. The pair, speaking at the Realscreen event in New Orleans, highlighted recent docs including The Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, directed by Anthony Caronna, and Murder in Boston:Roots, Rampage & Reckoning from The Last Dance director Jason Hehir. Coming up, in addition to The Jinx – Part 2, HBO has The Synanon Fix, from Rory Kennedy, which explores the the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

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