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CR 013: Skye Borgman on the Art of Documenting True Crime

The award-winning documentarian discusses her career, her approach to filmmaking, and her latest project, Netflix’s “American Murder: Laci Peterson.”

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Sandra Ebejer
Aug 16, 2024
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Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction—something that Skye Borgman’s work proves time and again. In 2019, Borgman—who had already been working professionally for years as a cinematographer and director—became a viral sensation after Netflix premiered her true crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight. The film, about a girl who was kidnapped twice by a family friend, was an instant hit, generating thousands of headlines and Tweets of the “how can this possibly be true” variety.

Over the past five years, she’s directed a number of riveting true crime documentaries, including Girl in the Picture, Dead Asleep, Sins of Our Mother, I Just Killed My Dad, and The Truth About Jim, as well as episodes of Trial by Media and Unsolved Mysteries. Her latest project, American Murder: Laci Peterson, is a 3-part miniseries that premiered on Netflix on August 14th.

Despite being known primarily for her work in the true crime realm, Borgman says that her films are abou…

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