"Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a crime with no discernible motive. In 1996, two of Darlie Routier's young sons were brutally stabbed to death in Texas. Just seven months later, the once doting mother was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Through compelling testimonies from investigators and Routier's family members, Herzog offers an unflinching look at this heinous crime."
"Internationally renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog explores what it's like to face death by speaking to prisoners who are on death row. This episode Werner meets Robert Fratta, who was a public safety officer in Missouri City, Texas, but is now facing the death penalty for organising the murder of his ex-wife. Fratta has been convicted of hiring two hitmen to kill his estranged wife in 1994. A jury in Houston convicted 52-year-old Robert Fratta of capital murder -- in his retrial.
Prosecutors say Fratta was motivated by money and a custody battle, over the couple's three children, during the divorce. The life-or-death sentencing phase begins May 26. It's the second time Fratta was convicted for his role in the shooting death of Farah Fratta, whose body was found in the garage of her home.
He originally was sentenced to death. Fratta was granted a retrial after jailhouse confessions of his co-conspirators were ruled inadmissible. The man named as the triggerman, Howard Paul Guidry, was convicted and is on death row. Joseph Prystash, who prosecutors say Fratta enlisted to hire Guidry, is also on death row."
"Master documentary provocateur Nick Broomfield (KURT & COURTNEY, HEIDI FLEISS: HOLLYWOOD MADAM, BIGGE AND TUPAC) shows himself in stunning form in TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER, the story of a serial killer who ran unchecked for 20 years in South Central Los Angeles. When Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested 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, Broomfield visited the alleged killer's neighborhood to find out if the police had earned their self-given kudos. There, he finds a world of people who suspected for decades that there might be some connection between their odd neighbor and the dozens of women who had gone missing from the street - but who had good reason not to trust the LAPD to help their community. After the residents are initially as reluctant to talk to him, Broomfield enlists the help of Pam, a charismatic, funny and fearless former prostitute eager to help get to the bottom of these murders. With Pam leading the charge, Franklin's friends and neighbors open up to Broomfield on just how much of the spree was common knowledge to anybody who went looking, and how little interest the police seemed to take. In scenes building to an unbelievably powerful conclusion, Broomfield reveals the journey of a serial killer and gives voice to his victims, as he builds a powerful assemblage of testimony conveying a grave injustice that extends well beyond this case."
"Mnogo je država u svijetu u čijim nogometnim prvenstvima postoje utakmice koje prati posebna policijska pripravnost, nemile scene navijačkih ratova, a često i ubistva navijača suparničkih klubova. Činjenica da se ljudi ubijaju zbog boja svojih timova, ne predstavlja ništa spektakularno i spada u općepoznate i relativno prihvaćene devijacije savremenog društva.
Ipak, historija nogometa bilježi da su sukobi na zelenim terenima bili povod pravim ratovima. To se prvi put dogodilo 14. jula 1969. godine kada je El Salvador napao Honduras, a indirektni povod ratu bio je sukob navijača tih država tokom kvalifikacijske utakmice za Svjetsko prvenstvo u Meksiku ’70.
Istina, razlog za izbijanje sukoba bio je problem vlasništva nad zemljom u graničnim područjima te dvije države, odnosno pokušaj Hondurasa da zemljišnom reformom oduzme dio posjeda građanima El Salvadora i dodijeli ga svojim državljanima. Iako je taj oružani sukob trajao šest dana, spor je u potpunosti okončan tek 1980. godine mirovnim sporazumom.
Deset godina poslije, nekoliko dana nakon prvih višestranačkih izbora u Hrvatskoj, u vrijeme početka raspada Jugoslavije, u nedjelju 13. maja 1990. godine na zagrebačkom stadionu Maksimir dogodilo se, navodno, nešto slično. I danas postoje ljudi koji će reći da je ta utakmica između Dinama i Crvene Zvezde bila uvod u rat između te dvije bivše jugoslavenske republike.
Taj događaj američka televizijska kuća CNN uvrstila je među pet nogometnih utakmica koje su promijenile svijet. Na toj listi, maksimirski događaj zauzeo je četvrto mjesto. Onim šta se, zaista, događalo u Zagrebu tog 13. maja, bavi se dokumentarni film Igora Grahovca "Nedjelja 13."
Namjera filma je predstaviti svjedočanstva učesnika događaja od kojih većina, bar do danas, nije poznata javnosti.
Prikazano je šta se događalo uoči utakmice na maksimirskom stadionu, ali i izvan njega. Svoje poglede i sjećanja u dokumentarnom filmu "Nedjelja 13." iznose kompetentne osobe: navijači Bad Blue Boys i Delije, pripadnici Službe državne bezbjednosti, pripadnici tadašnjih milicijskih jedinica, novinari, predstavnici klubova i igrači oba tima...
Film je realizovan u koprodukciji Al Jazeere Balkans i B-produkcije iz Zagreba. Korišten je zanimljiv materijal iz arhiva HRT-a i RTS-a koji su, također, koproducenti filma."
