Tales of the Grim Sleeper
“25 years. Hundreds of victims. Justice for none.”
2014•1h 45m•6.3•Released
CrimeDocumentary
When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in South Central Los Angeles in 2010 as the suspected murderer of a string of young black women, police hailed it as the culmination of 20 years of investigations. Four years later documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield took his camera to the alleged killer’s neighborhood for another view.
Director
Nick Broomfield
Languages
English
Studio
South Central Films
Cast
Lonnie Franklin Jr.
Self
Production
Company
South Central Films
Company
HBO Documentary Films
Producer
Marc Hoeferlin
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