Murder on Middle Beach

Murder on Middle Beach is a four-part documentary by director Madison Hamburg about the unsolved 2010 murder of his mother Barbara Hamburg. It premiered on November 15, 2020, on HBO.[1]

Murder on Middle Beach
GenreTrue Crime
Directed byMadison Hamburg
Opening themeFellwalker
ComposerJames Lavino
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseNovember 15 (2020-11-15) –
December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)

Production

The documentary series began as a student film while Hamburg was in college.[2]

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Mom's Dead"November 15, 2020 (2020-11-15)
Director Madison Hamburg visits his hometown of Madison, Connecticut and learns more details about his mother's life, and his parents' divorce.
2"Tables and Rooms"November 22, 2020 (2020-11-22)
Madison examines his mother and aunt's involvement in the "Gifting Tables" pyramid scheme.
3"Sisters"November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29)
Barbara's sister Conway accuses Barbara's daughter Ali of the murder.
4"Reasonable Doubts"December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)
Nearing the 10-year anniversary of his mother's murder, Madison fights to gain access to the police files on the case.

Reception

Ashlie Stevens of Salon remarked that the documentary differed from typical true crime documentaries in its personal story telling, writing "'Murder on Middle Beach' adds to the genre as well. It doesn't have a tidy ending, but grief rarely does. Filmmakers could learn a lot from how Madison Hamburg focuses on the emotional ripple effects of crime, and the very human toll that loss takes on a family and community."[2]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com also remarked on the series' personal nature, stating "The greatest accomplishment of 'Murder on Middle Beach' is how connected I felt to this story by its end, concerned about an entire family torn apart because of one brutal day, in March over a decade ago."[3]

References
  1. Feinberg, Daniel (15 November 2020). "'Murder on Middle Beach': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. Stevens, Ashlie D (7 December 2020). "The "Murder on Middle Beach" finale is aggravating and raises new questions – and that's the point". Salon.
  3. Tallerico, Brian (13 November 2020). "Murder on Middle Beach". rogerebert.com.
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