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The Thin Blue Line
Through its use of re-enactments and non-linear storytelling, Errol Morris' landmark doc not only established new rules for reality filmmaking, it helped overturn the conviction of its subject, Randall Adams, who was sentenced to death for the 1976 murder of a Dallas police officer. Relying on his background as an investigator, Morris pieces together several accounts of the crime, and calls into question key moments of eyewitness testimony. After watching it, you'll never look at a milkshake the same way.
Watch the trailer for 'The Thin Blue Line' now
Through its use of re-enactments and non-linear storytelling, Errol Morris' landmark doc not only established new rules for reality filmmaking, it helped overturn the conviction of its subject, Randall Adams, who was sentenced to death for the 1976 murder of a Dallas police officer. Relying on his background as an investigator, Morris pieces together several accounts of the crime, and calls into question key moments of eyewitness testimony. After watching it, you'll never look at a milkshake the same way.
Watch the trailer for 'The Thin Blue Line' now