| The Atlanta Child Murders | |
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| Written by | Abby Mann[1][2] |
| Directed by | John Erman |
| Starring | Calvin Levels Morgan Freeman[3] James Earl Jones Rip Torn Jason Robards[4] Lynne Moody Ruby Dee Gloria Foster Paul Benjamin Martin Sheen Andrew Robinson Bill Paxton |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Bill Finnegan Abby Mann Sheldon Pinchuk Carl Pingitore Gerald Rafshoon[5] |
| Running time | 245 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | February 10 – February 12, 1985 |
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The Atlanta Child Murders is an American television miniseries[6] that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS.[7][8][9][10] The miniseries is a dramatization of the "Atlanta child murders" in which 29 African American children were murdered in Atlanta from summer 1979 through spring 1981. City officials, who had opted not to participate in the production, expressed disappointment at it.[11][12]
- ^ Rosenberg, Howard (July 16, 2000). "When the Media Burned Atlanta". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Swan, Christopher (February 8, 1985). "Controversial docudrama grapples with the Atlanta child murders". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ Hill, Michael E. (February 10, 1985). "MORGAN FREEMAN/Narrator Expresses Doubts About 'Atlanta'". The Washington Post.
- ^ Corry, John (February 10, 1985). "TV VIEW; 'THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS': A TRIAL BY TV". The New York Times.
- ^ Clark, Kenneth R. (February 10, 1985). "CHILD MURDERS: A MINI-SERIES SURE TO SHOCK". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Wilson, Joycelyn. "The Music of the Murders". The Bitter Southerner.
- ^ Cook, Gomery, Lichty, Philip S., Douglas, Lawrence Wilson (1989). American Media: The Wilson Quarterly Reader. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780943875095.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bogart, Leo (September 29, 2017). System and the Public Interest. Routledge. ISBN 9781351527613.
- ^ Kempton, Murray (March 14, 1985). "Misjudgment at Atlanta". The New York Review.
- ^ "Experts Debate 1983 Atlanta Murders". The Harvard Crimson. February 6, 1985.
- ^ Clark, Kenneth (February 10, 1985). "CHILD MURDERS: A MINI-SERIES SURE TO SHOCK". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ^ Rosenberg, Howard (February 6, 1985). "'MURDERS': TENSE DRAMA, LIGHT ON DOCUMENTARY". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 24, 2022.