The Staircase
The Academy Award-winning documentary director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade offers a rare and fascinating peek into a high-profile murder trial in this thrilling courtroom thriller. In 2001, novelist Michael Peterson was charged with the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered in a pool of blood on their staircase. Granted unprecedented access to Peterson's attorneys, residence, and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras catch the defense team weighing its strategic alternatives. "The Staircase" is an engaging examination of current American justice with more plot twists than a best-selling legal novel.
Released: 2005-04-04