The Staircase (French miniseries)

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The Staircase (French: Soupçons, lit. 'Suspicions'; also known as Death on the Staircase) is a 2004 French-produced, English-language documentary television miniseries directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade about the trial of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his wife, Kathleen Peterson. De Lestrade had won an Oscar for his recent Murder on a Sunday Morning documentary. Attracted to issues in the Peterson case, he arranged to begin filming soon after the indictment. Camera crews were given access to the accused's extended family, the defense attorneys, and the courtroom. An abbreviated version was broadcast as a special two-hour presentation of American news show Primetime Thursday on July 22, 2004. The miniseries was completed in September 2004, and premiered in October on Canal+, from January 10–14, 2005, on BBC Four (as part of its Storyville documentary series), and from April 4–25 on Sundance Channel. Lestrade returned to film Peterson and his family in 2012–2013...

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