
Birthday:
10-16-1967
(57 years)
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer. She was president since the founding of Plan B Entertainment and currently serving as Co-President with Jeremy Kleiner since 2013. She is a two-time Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and Moonlight, the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. Her films Selma, The Tree of Life, The Big Short, Vice, Minari and Women Talking were additionally nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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Reach For The Stars
Act like Self
event2019
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Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew. Consists of : To The Stars, A Man Named Roy, The Crew Of The Cepheus, The Art Of 'Ad Astra', Reach For The Stars
Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Act like Self
event2011 star_border 5.8
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A documentary on Terrence Malick and the making of his film "The Tree of Life."
The Zebra Murders
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Chronicles the series of racially motivated serial killings, black on white, that took place in San Francisco in 1973 and 1974. The story focuses on the two detectives who looked to solve the crimes.
Gaming the System: The Making of 'Vice'
Act like Self
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The cast and crew of Vice (2018) discuss the making of the film.
A Mighty Heart
Producer
event2007 star_border 6.4
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Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Producer
event2007 star_border 7
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Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
The Normal Heart
Executive Producer
event2014 star_border 7.8
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The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Producer
event2009 star_border 6.9
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Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Eat Pray Love
Producer
event2010 star_border 6.2
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Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.
Killing Them Softly
Producer
event2012 star_border 6
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Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
World War Z
Producer
event2013 star_border 6.8
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Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
She Said
Producer
event2022 star_border 7.2
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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
12 Years a Slave
Producer
event2013 star_border 7.9
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Women Talking
Producer
event2022 star_border 6.9
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A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)
Executive Producer
event2021 star_border 4
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A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.
Father of the Bride
Producer
event2022 star_border 6.4
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A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.
The Tiger
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Set in snowy far east Russia in the late 90s, a group of men — referred to as the Tiger Team — work to protect endangered tigers from poachers and logging operations. The Team’s leader's sense of duty is tested when he’s charged with hunting down and exterminating a tiger that killed a poacher in self-defense.
Big Men
Executive Producer
event2014 star_border 7.3
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For her latest industrial exposé, Rachel Boynton (Our Brand Is Crisis) gained unprecedented access to Africa's oil companies. The result is a gripping account of the costly personal tolls levied when American corporate interests pursue oil in places like Ghana and the Niger River Delta. Executive produced by Steven Shainberg and Brad Pitt, Big Men investigates the caustic blend of ambition, corruption and greed that threatens to exacerbate Africa’s resource curse.
Wizards!
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The problems of two unlucky beach bar operators starts when they find stolen loot that they really should have left alone.
True Story
Producer
event2015 star_border 6.3
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A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Producer
event2009 star_border 5.9
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After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Selma
Producer
event2014 star_border 7.4
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Flight/Risk
Executive Producer
event2022 star_border 6.5
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Everyday people find themselves in the midst of a global tragedy when two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed only five months apart in 2018 and 2019. This powerful documentary is told through the perspective of affected family members, their legal teams, whistleblowers, and Pulitzer-winning Seattle Times journalist, Dominic Gates.
Olmo
Producer
event2025 star_border 7
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1979, New Mexico, USA. Olmo is stuck. Today is his turn to take care of his sick father even though he is only 14-years-old and would much rather be hanging out with his best friend, Miguel. But when Olmo gets invited to a party by his beautiful neighbour Nina, he will do whatever he can to get out of his duties, embarking on a journey of mischief and chaos. As the night unfolds, he may come to love the very place from which he has spent so long trying to escape: his home.
The Tree of Life
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event2011 star_border 6.7
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The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
Wolfs
Producer
event2024 star_border 6.5
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Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected counterpart.
The Big Short
Producer
event2015 star_border 7.4
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The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Landscape with Invisible Hand
Producer
event2023 star_border 6
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Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families.
He Wanted the Moon
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In the 1920s, Dr. Perry Baird, who was born in Texas and educated at Harvard, begins his career ascent in the field of medicine.
Blonde
Producer
event2022 star_border 6
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From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Okja
Producer
event2017 star_border 7.4
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A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Bob Marley: One Love
Producer
event2024 star_border 6.7
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Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Moonlight
Producer
event2016 star_border 7.4
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The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
Producer
event2017 star_border 6.3
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A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
Producer
event2016 star_border 6.9
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A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
Brad's Status
Producer
event2017 star_border 6.2
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Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can't help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have more wealthy and glamorous lives. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if their lives are actually more flawed than they appear.
Year of the Dog
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event2007 star_border 5.4
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A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.
Nickel Boys
Producer
event2024 star_border 6.4
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Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Producer
event2024 star_border 7.1
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After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Vice
Producer
event2018 star_border 7
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George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Beautiful Boy
Producer
event2018 star_border 7.6
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After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Preparation for the Next Life
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Upon her release from a detention centre, undocumented Uyghur immigrant Aishe moves to New York City, vowing to outrun the many things chasing her.
The Black Hole
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A group of high school students are afflicted by an STD known as "teen plague" or "the bug." Symptoms may include flaky skin, rash, growing a new limb, or turning into a new kind of creature.
War Machine
Producer
event2017 star_border 5.6
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A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.
Kajillionaire
Producer
event2020 star_border 6.3
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Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.
If Beale Street Could Talk
Producer
event2018 star_border 6.9
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After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Ad Astra
Producer
event2019 star_border 6.1
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The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
The Lost City of Z
Producer
event2017 star_border 6.4
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A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
Weekend Warriors
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Based on the 2023 German comedy-drama Weekend Rebels, an autistic teenager wants to find a favorite Premiere League soccer club and makes his father take him to see every single team so he can decide.
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Executive Producer
event2024 star_border 6
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When does a democracy end and a theocracy begin? In Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip Christian evangelical leaders hold over politics in Brazil. She gains extraordinary access to the country’s top political leaders, including President Lula and former president Bolsonaro, as well as to Brazil’s most famous televangelist: a magnetic pastor who aspires to play puppet master to the far-right leader.
Hitting the Apex
Executive Producer
event2015 star_border 7.7
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The inside story of six fighters – six of the fastest motorcycle racers of all time – and of the fates that awaited them at the peak of the sport. It's the story of what is at stake for all of them: all that can be won, and all that can be lost, when you go chasing glory at over two hundred miles an hour – on a motorcycle. But this documentary is also an opportunity to understand the passionate relationship that links the pilots, the technical teams and the legions of fans to the spirit of GP Moto.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Producer
event2019 star_border 7
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Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.
The King
Producer
event2019 star_border 7.2
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England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.
Minari
Producer
event2021 star_border 7.3
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A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Mickey 17
Producer
new_releases Release: February 28, 2025
Mickey Barnes, an “expendable” employee, is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong.
Irresistible
Producer
event2020 star_border 6
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A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
Tripping with Nils Frahm
Executive Producer
event2020 star_border 7.5
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An illustration of Nils Frahm’s lauded ability as a composer and passionate live artist as well as the enchanting atmosphere of his already legendary Funkhaus shows.
One to One: John & Yoko
Executive Producer
new_releases Release: April 11, 2025
An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent living in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the early 1970s.
Wrong Answer
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A math teacher in Atlanta, USA is scandalized when he looks to get funding for his school by altering his students' test scores.
Moscas
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Follows an 8-year-old boy and a middle-aged woman as they crisscross contemporary Mexico City.
FEUD
Executive Producer (16 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.7
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Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.
Pretty/Handsome
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
star_border 3
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A married gynecologist, father of two sons, slowly comes to terms with the fact that he wants to undergo sexual reassignment surgery.
The Underground Railroad
Executive Producer (10 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.4
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Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
The OA
Executive Producer (16 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.5
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Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents about the seven years she went missing.
The Third Day
Executive Producer (6 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.5
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A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" follows Helen, a strong-willed outsider who comes to the island seeking answers, but whose arrival precipitates a fractious battle to decide its fate.
Outer Range
Executive Producer (15 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.9
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A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Producer (3 ep.)
event2023 star_border 9.2
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A cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter. Depicted in 3 portals, the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter's life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness, shattered the limitations of jazz, and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music.
3 Body Problem
Executive Producer (8 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7.5
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Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
High School
Executive Producer (8 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.4
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A story about finding your own identity—a journey made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimics your own. Told through a backdrop of ‘90s grunge and rave culture, the series weaves between parallel and discordant memories of sisters growing up down the hall from one another. Based on the autobiographical book High School by musicians Tegan and Sara.
Adolescence
Executive Producer (4 ep.)
new_releases Release: March 13, 2025
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
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