37th Annual VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL Oct 30-Nov 3, 2024

37th Annual VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL October 30-November 3, 2024

The Confession Tapes

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The VFF will present an episode from Netflix’s true crime documentary series called “8th and H” about a notorious 1984 murder case in Washington, D.C. in which a group of eight teens were unjustly convicted, six of whom remain in prison to this day largely due to a connection to a “gang” that never actually existed. Discussion with creator-director Kelly Loudenberg and executive producers Steve Robillard, James Graves, and Jeff Bumgarner, moderated by Deirdre Enright (The Innocence Project at UVA School of Law)

Presented by James Madison’s Montpelier

Supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

Date

Thursday, November 9

Time

7:30 PM

Location

Downtown Mall : Vinegar Hill Theatre

Film Info

Director: Kelly Loudenberg

Runtime: 46 min.

Year: 2017

Country: USA