Nick Broomfield's Tales of the Grim Sleeper tells the story of the most notorious serial killer you've never heard of, 'The Grim Sleeper', a man who was allowed to run unchecked for 20 years in South Central Los Angeles. Lonnie Franklin Jr was arrested in 2010, suspected of murdering over 100 women, with the police hailing this as a victory, a cumilation of over 20 years of investigations. Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield's film is a investigative study of The Grim Sleeper case, exposing a truly infuriating lack of commitment to low income communities by the police and local government. This is a film that exposes how neglect on the police led to many unnecessary deaths, tracing every detail of the case and exposing how this serial killer was not a priority by the LAPD. Intricate in approach, Tales of the Grim Sleeper unfolds like a thriller, with Bloomfield essentially examining every person involved in this case, retracing the evidence and exposing just how poorly managed the case was. Tales of the Grim Sleeper is a poignant portrait of one of the poorest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, capturing how this area becomes a breeding ground for crime, where violence against others is much easier to hide due to poor communities being neglected by the police. Nick Broomfield's tales of the Grim Sleeper is not that interested in being a provocative expose of Lonnie Franklin Jr, opting instead to deliver a powerful portrait of a community that has long been plagued by crime, poverty and drugs.
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