Jean-Xavier de Lestrade is a French documentary filmmaker. He directed Murder on a Sunday Morning and The Staircase.

“The courtroom in the United States is not really about the truth. It’s more about a story against another story. It’s more about storytelling. The more compelling or believable story by the jury will win. But in the end, we don’t know: is it the truth or not?”

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[00:05] We Love You (And So Can You)

[01:00] You Can’t Make This Up

[02:16] The Staircase (2004)

[02:50] The Staircase II: The Last Chance (2013)

[02:53] The Staircase (2018)

[05:15] Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

[05:35] The Justice of the Men (2001)

[11:35] Caught in the Acts (Raymond Depardon • 1994)

[12:05] Law and Order (Frederick Wiseman • 1969)

[12:12] Welfare(Frederick Wiseman • 1975)

[12:16] Public Housing (Frederick Wiseman • 1997)

[25:23] Making a Murderer (Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos • 2015)

[25:25] The Jinx (Andrew Jarecki • 2015)

[25:27] The Keepers (Ryan White • 2017)

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