Taking a look at what was about to leave Netflix UK,I was intrigued to spot a four-part True Crime doc that I've not heard of before,which sounded fascinating, leading to me shining a light onto the shadows.
View on the doc:
Placing the layout of the school and the quiet, sleepy town status of Katzrin in the opening episode, co-creators/(with Mika Timor) co-directors Yotam Guendelman & Ari Pines take a meticulous approach to giving each subject plenty of time to express their thoughts on the murder of 13 year old Tair Rada.
Wisely keeping the score minimal, the directors hold in close-ups the pain Shmuel and Llana have suffered from the horrific murder of their daughter Tair, with the makers allowing for silence to be held in the air during Roman's Attorney's expressing their frustrations at the courts not being willing to hear new evidence,for what they believe is a miscarriage of justice.
Matching the eye for detail shown in their interviews, the makers present the crime scene photos of Tair Rada's with a forensic skill in highlighting the huge shortcomings of the police investigation,and vast archive video footage of the police using coercion to get Roman Zdorov to confess to the murder the police are desperate to tell the public has been solved.
Using traditional True Crime CGI to present to the viewer the school grounds during Tair's final hours alive, the makers unveil horrifying recent uncovered evidence on who the murderer actually is,leading to the makers getting involved in the case and making calls to gain contact with the ex-boyfriend of the main suspect,who brings new revelations from out of the shadow.
