CH-04. The Fear of 13

United Kingdom, 95 mins., Feature Documentary

?A thrilling true crime documentary.? INDIEWIRE

After 23 years on death row in Pennsylvania, convicted murderer Nick Yarris petitioned the court to be executed. But in his four-day interview with director David Sington (In The Shadow of the Moon, BIFF 2007), Yarris is so articulate and delivers his account with such rehearsed eloquence that we remain uneasy, if not suspicious. Lingering in the shadows is another question: What was his crime? Then a moment comes when the prison narrative takes a dramatic turn: Sington himself starts to show some of his cards, answers come and emotion brews right up to the film’s final shocking twist.