Scott Peterson and Laci Peterson in American Homicide Courtesy of Netflix
The workforce behind Netflix’s American Homicide: Laci Peterson docuseries supplied Scott Peterson an opportunity to take part — however he selected to not.
“We did attain out to Scott and we had a few conversations with him in jail,” director Skye Borgman solely advised Us Weekly. “He in the end determined to not take part in our documentary.”
Borgman didn’t have any concern with Scott, 51, not being concerned, including, “It’s advantageous. Particularly as a result of I really feel like we did get the attitude from his household and that we did need it to be very, very Laci ahead.”
Whereas engaged on the three-part doc, Borgman at all times saved Laci’s perspective in thoughts.
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“It was at all times the intention from the start to get as many various sides to this story as potential. We solid a large internet after we had been on the lookout for folks to speak to,” Borgman continued. “There have been even individuals who don’t seem within the documentary who we talked to and who supplied some fairly essential perception into the story. It was essential to me to speak to Scott’s sisters and to get their perspective. And it was essential to speak to regulation enforcement and Laci’s household.”
American Homicide: Laci Peterson, which premiered on Wednesday, August 14, provides Laci’s household and pals the chance to share their facet of the story. Laci initially went lacking in 2002 whereas she was eight months pregnant. Her husband, Scott, was arrested and charged with two counts of homicide in 2003 after Laci was discovered lifeless at age 27.
Scott was discovered responsible of the first-degree homicide of Laci and the second-degree homicide of their toddler son. He maintained his innocence whereas being sentenced to loss of life, which was overturned in 2020. One 12 months later, Scott was re-sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole.
Netflix’s protection of the high-profile case comes days earlier than Peacock is about to launch their upcoming true crime particular Face to Face With Scott Peterson. Their model will characteristic Scott talking out for the primary time in 20 years with footage of him from jail.
Regardless of the twin releases, Borgman helps a number of views on the scenario.
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“I at all times like listening to from all totally different sides. Actually, I believe it’s a part of our duty as documentary makers to get all sides of the story,” she shared with Us. “It makes for a way more layered, difficult and truthful documentary to have the ability to hear from Scott’s facet and to have the ability to hear from Laci’s facet. In order that’s essential to me.”
The filmmaker continued: “It’s additionally essential to me to be as balanced as potential, to take heed to folks, to take their tales in and to place their views collectively. To place the proof collectively, put every thing collectively and ship a narrative in as truthful a means as potential.”
Borgman knew there was one other documentary being made whereas she labored on American Homicide: Laci Peterson — however she didn’t let it affect her work.
“I didn’t know what their perspective was. I nonetheless don’t know. I’ve watched the trailer as nicely. It looks as if you mentioned that it skews extra in direction of Scott’s innocence. However the truth that that challenge was occurring didn’t actually impression the making or the choices of our challenge in any respect,” she famous. “We had been dedicated to our story. And while you get entangled in a narrative like this, it’s virtually prefer it’s all you’ll be able to take into consideration. You’re not fascinated by all these things that’s occurring outdoors of it. We had been very targeted on this. We knew it was occurring, however we had no concept what it’s about or what sort of entry they’d.”
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Forward of the doc’s launch, Borgman mirrored on how her preliminary imaginative and prescient for the challenge in comparison with the ultimate model.
“With each documentary collection, I am going into them with a really clear define of the story factors that I do know and the way I see the three totally different episodes going collectively. Then you definitely go into the sector and also you speak to folks and also you’re sitting down with them for 2 to eight hours generally. You study little particulars that they’ve forgotten about or that they talked about. Then you definitely dig just a little deeper,” she defined. “So that you study rather a lot within the manufacturing [phase] after which it modifications it just a little bit.”
Making a docuseries means studying to evolve with the work.
“You come again and also you restructure that define that you just put collectively. Then you definitely begin placing it into the edit sequence. Then you definitely discover different issues that it’s like, ‘Oh, this doesn’t fairly work and this doesn’t work. And do we have to know this?’” Borgman concluded. “It’s very, similar to how I first noticed it, however even higher than I initially conceived of how this story could be put collectively.”
American Homicide: Laci Peterson is presently streaming on Netflix.
