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An American Tragedy

2018 · 84 min

A heavy, quiet documentary that sits with grief and forgiveness, asking you to weigh mercy against loss.

Tagline: One man's journey to death. Another man's journey to forgive.
Overview: Jeffrey Ferguson has been on death row for 26 years. Now he has just one hour left before he is put to death. Would you forgive the man who killed your daughter?
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, grief, justice, morality
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
grief
justice
morality
family
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none