The Staircase Documentary Review

Its difficult to know for sure what really happened that fateful night especially with the lack of screen time given to the prosecution and because of this its difficult not to empathise with michael. Directed by jean xavier de lestrade the man behind the documentary masterpiece murder on a sunday morning this mammoth 360 minute documentary is intriguing for most of its running time. Death on the staircase deals with the arrest and subsequent trial of michael peterson a writer accused of murdering his wife.
the staircase documentary review

The staircase an eight part documentary miniseries about the case from oscar winner jean xavier de lestrade initially debuted on french cable channel canal in 2004 and stateside on sundance.

A review of the staircase the true crime docuseries that examines the michael peterson case in which he is accused of killing his wife kathleen and its winding trip through the judicial system.

The staircase documentary review. The staircase review. The staircase is a perfectly fine documentary series about a murder case that suffered from the prosecutions determination to get michael convicted regardless of what the evidence actually showed. Those bare facts are intriguing but they are just a tiny part of why the staircase is a crime documentary to rival any of the genres biggest hits. Documentary l ess is often more when it comes to the length of television series and seasons.

When i heard the staircase a documentary series centred on a murder trial was 13 episodes i. Netflix makes an old true crime doc new again posted on monday june 4th 2018 by chris evangelista jean xavier de lestrade s fascinating 2004 docu series gets an. According to the true crime documentary series the staircase currently streaming on netflix she was a successful telecoms executive and the matriarch of a large seemingly happy blended family. New netflix crime documentary the staircase is better than making a murderer by eleanor halls 8 june 2018 a gripping 13 part series proves director jean xavier de lestrade is a true crime.

Much like that documentary the staircase plays on a bias narrative to paint a picture of an innocent man vilified because of his sexual preferences and failings of the police.