Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, a documentary filmmaker who has won an Academy Award, makes a gripping courtroom thriller that gives an inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was charged with killing his wife Kathleen, whose body was found on the stairs of their home in a pool of blood. The cameras of de Lestrade were given unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home, and immediate family. They caught the defense team as they thought about their options. "The Staircase" is an interesting look at American justice in the present day. It has more twists than a best-selling legal book.
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Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, a documentary filmmaker who has won an Academy Award, makes a gripping courtroom thriller that gives an inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was charged with killing his wife Kathleen, whose body was found on the stairs of their home in a pool of blood. The cameras of de Lestrade were given unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home, and immediate family. They caught the defense team as they thought about their options. "The Staircase" is an interesting look at American justice in the present day. It has more twists than a best-selling legal book.
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