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  • 2020
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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

Summary In 2004, 16-year-old Cyntoia Denise Brown was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, for murdering a 43-year-old man who picked her up for sex. She was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison — Cyntoia’s fate seemed sealed. The film shows the complexity of a child who was the product of three generations of violence against women in...

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 36 m

Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story

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Summary In 2004, 16-year-old Cyntoia Denise Brown was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, for murdering a 43-year-old man who picked her up for sex. She was tried as an adult and sentenced to life in prison — Cyntoia’s fate seemed sealed. The film shows the complexity of a child who was the product of three generations of violence against women in...

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Apr 30, 2020
This is a quiet, elegant memoir that humanizes a systemic American challenge — and offers a narrative catharsis only possible with real-life mercy.
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Apr 30, 2020
The filmmaker’s narrative and visual approach isn’t especially novel in style, but it is compassionate, detailed and persuasive in its assembly.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
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Apr 30, 2020
What begins as seemingly another lurid Netflix true-crime excavation emerges as a considerably more affecting testament to the damage wrought by generation upon generation of sexual abuse.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
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Apr 30, 2020
Daniel H. Birman’s Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story is what happens when a crime documentary loses sight of its focus.
By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Daniel H. Birman Productions
Release Date Apr 29, 2020
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://www.birmanproductions.com/
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