Convicting a Murderer
Convicting a Murderer is an American true crime documentary series narrated and hosted by Candace Owens for conservative media company The Daily Wire. The show is a rebuttal to the 2015-2018 Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer,[3] which argued for the innocence of Steven Avery, a man wrongly convicted of sexual assault and later freed only to be charged with and convicted of the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach. While Making a Murderer sought to build a case for Avery's innocence, Convicting a Murderer argues that Avery is in fact guilty, and that Netflix irresponsibly attempted to portray him as innocent for media attention. Convicting a Murderer further posits the notion that Avery became a poster-child for an anti-police agenda in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and that efforts to portray him as innocent are part of a widespread "liberal agenda" to skew public opinion against the criminal justice system.
Convicting a Murderer | |
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Genre | True crime Documentary |
Inspired by | Making a Murderer |
Directed by | Shawn Rech |
Presented by | Candace Owens |
Composer | Kendall Johnson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10[1] |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jeremy Boreing Ben Shapiro Caleb Robinson Ellye Marks Michael Marks[2] |
Producers | Shawn Rech Candace Owens Dallas Sonnier Brenda Schuler Michaelan Mela |
Cinematography | Andrew Jurcak Ryan Lohr |
Animators | Joost Boddéus Michael Callahan Natalie Dhyanchand Carl Duke Artur Dziedzic |
Editors | Jack Bunyon Andrew Jurcak Vito Menkartz Richard Rysso |
Running time | 45 minutes - 80 minutes |
Production company | Transition Studios |
Release | |
Original network | DailyWire+ |
Original release | September 7 – October 26, 2023 |
The series was produced by Transition Studios and directed by Shawn Rech, who started filming it in early 2018. It was released through DailyWire+ on 7 September 2023.[4] Rech and Owens claim in Convicting A Murderer that Avery's murder conviction should not be reversed.[5]
Reception
Ed Power at The Daily Telegraph called it a "baffling takedown" and "stonkingly tedious."[6]
References
- https://deadline.com/2023/04/convicting-murderer-series-daily-wire-candace-owens-making-netflix-1235333358/
- https://deadline.com/2023/04/convicting-murderer-series-daily-wire-candace-owens-making-netflix-1235333358/
- "Netflix's 'Making A Murderer' a setup, Candace Owens claims". The New York Post. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- Smith, Troy (May 3, 2023). ""Making a Murderer" rebuttal series lands streaming deal".
- Wiseman, Andreas (2023-04-21). "'Convicting A Murderer' Series Acquired By DailyWire+ With Candace Owens Set To Front Response To Netflix True-Crime Hit". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- Power, Ed (2023-09-08). "Candace Owens versus Netflix: why Convicting A Murderer is a crime against TV". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
Power, Ed (2023-09-08). "Candace Owens versus Netflix: why Convicting A Murderer is a crime against TV". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-09-13.