Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
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Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead is an independent
theatrical documentary film
about retributivist death penalty advocate Robert Blecker and his relationship with Daryl Holton
, a death row
inmate who murdered his four children. Directed by Ted Schillinger. Produced by Bruce David Klein. A production of Atlas Media Corp.
The film was completed in November 2007 and made its world premiere on April 25, 2008, at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas
, as an official selection of the festival. The film was also an official selection of the 2008 Rhode Island Film Festival and the 2008 Cork International Film Festival. It won a Gold Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead was released theatrically on February 27, 2009. The New York Times said the film was "compelling" and Film Journal International called it "captivating." The Washington Post described it as a fascinating look at "the vast amount of wiggle room between being for the death penalty and being against it." The film made its television premiere on April 19, 2009, on MSNBC
. It will be released on DVD
in 2010.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
theatrical documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about retributivist death penalty advocate Robert Blecker and his relationship with Daryl Holton
Daryl Holton
Daryl Keith Holton was an American convicted child killer, executed by electrocution by the state of Tennessee on September 12, 2007 in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.- Crime :...
, a death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
inmate who murdered his four children. Directed by Ted Schillinger. Produced by Bruce David Klein. A production of Atlas Media Corp.
Atlas Media Corp.
Atlas Media Corp. is a New York-based independent producer of non-fiction entertainment. The company was founded in 1989 by filmmaker Bruce David Klein and produces television series and specials, theatrical documentaries, and digital web series....
The film was completed in November 2007 and made its world premiere on April 25, 2008, at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, as an official selection of the festival. The film was also an official selection of the 2008 Rhode Island Film Festival and the 2008 Cork International Film Festival. It won a Gold Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.
Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead was released theatrically on February 27, 2009. The New York Times said the film was "compelling" and Film Journal International called it "captivating." The Washington Post described it as a fascinating look at "the vast amount of wiggle room between being for the death penalty and being against it." The film made its television premiere on April 19, 2009, on MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
. It will be released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2010.