Blood Stripe

2016 • 30 minutos

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On August 7, 1974, an Oklahoma City family is devastated after their 15-year-old son brutally murders his older sister. This short documentary film revisits the overwhelming effects on the Valentine family some 40 years later. The film explores the controversial justifications made by this teenage boy in regards to his motives for killing his sister (via interviews with the prosecutor, his defense attorney, neighbors and his mother). A close-knit community is outraged when the Valentine family hires a prominent defense attorney to keep their son out of jail. Public records request during the filming of the documentary uncovers stunning details and buried secrets about this preventable tragedy.