David McConnell
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In American honor killings, David McConnell explores the roots of hatred and male sexual violence by examing a series of murders of gay men that are among the most notorious crimes of our era. Through jailhouse interviews and painstaking research, McConnell creates shockingly intimate portraits of the killers' inner lives.
2) The Beads
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YOU CAN'T BUY LOVE.
In David McConnell's The Beads, members of a wealthy New York family begin to unravel after having wasted their incredible fortune over more than a century. The patriarch gets lost in a maze of his own neuroses. The mother luxuriates in a life of idle pleasure. The neglected son, Darius, nurses an obsession with his ultra-normal best friend, Barry. As if that weren't enough, a teacher whom the boys share obliviously commits...
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A dead body is discovered dumped on a patch of grass in Newcastle with catastrophic injuries. Twenty-four-year-old Lee Irving has been punched, kicked, and stamped to death. This TV program tells the story of Lee's short life, from growing up with a learning disability and his struggles with school to his determination to live independently. Harrowing testimony from his family, the investigating detective, Lee's psychologist, and others who knew him...
7) Scarlett
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A college student must draw upon all the skills her spy-father taught her to protect herself and save her father from weapons dealers.