Director:

Ben Loeterman

The People v. Leo Frank
USA | 85 minutes Genre: Docudrama Language: English

Screenings:

Harkins Crossroads 12 Chandler | Tues. Feb. 14th, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Harkins Camelview 5 Scottsdale | Mon. Feb. 13th, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Harkins Arrowhead 18 Peoria | Mon. Feb. 20th, 2012 | 7:00 PM

Truth and fiction are the reasons we need documentaries and docudramas. Truth, as in The People v. Leo Frank, provides for a powerful, troubling, boldly honest depiction of a murder that mere words cannot convey. The words are those straight from the trial transcripts, as well as reminiscences and reflections. But, so are the multi-keepers of “facts” of an Atlanta, 1913, in the grip of shock, anger, racism and anti-Semitism, and finally, much too late, regrets. It is not too late for film watchers to see and learn something from of the dark side of American life.

“The Frank saga says as much about current events as it does about history.”

- The Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2009

“The biases and divisions brought to the surface by the Frank case are still easy to find today.”

- The New York Times, November 1, 2009

A special jury award from History Makers, 2010

Guest Speaker at Camelview 5 and Chandler Crossroads 12

Ben Loeterman, Writer/Director/Executive Producer
Ben Loeterman’s credits document only some of his accomplishments. What better history showcase than the PBS history series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Public Enemy #1 (John Dillinger, 2002) and Golden Gate Bridge, 2004. What better current showcase than TV’s Front Line, Let’s Get Married and Inside the Terror Network, both 2002. Since 1996, Loeterman’s works have been the incisive, thought provoking, educational, and sometimes humorous contributions of Ben Loeterman Production, Inc. None of these independent ventures conveys Loeterman better than The People v. Leo Frank.

National Emmy Awards for directing and investigative journalism

Recipient of two DuPont-Columbia journalism awards

The People v. Leo Frank