One of the most gut-wrenching stories ever committed to film is Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, director Kurt Keene’s ode to his murdered friend Andrew Bagby. In the documentary, Keene assembles an array of interviews from friends and family members for Andrew’s newborn son Zachary to watch when he gets older. The documentary follows the circumstances surrounding Andrew’s murder as well as the legal loopholes in the criminal court system that allowed Andrew’s killer, Shirley Turner (Zachary’s mother), to walk free.
In fear of spoiling anymore of the documentary, the update to this tragic tale will be placed after the jump. If you haven’t seen Dear Zachary yet or missed an emotionally charged Saturday Night Cinema here at Flixist, please do yourself a grand favor and watch it on Netflix Instant Queue. It is a moving tale that reminds you how tragic and precious life truly is.
One of the most gut-wrenching stories ever committed to film is Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, director Kurt Keene’s ode to his murdered friend Andrew Bagby. In the documentary, Keene assembles an array of interviews from friends and family members for Andrew’s newborn son Zachary to watch when he gets older. The documentary follows the circumstances surrounding Andrew’s murder as well as the legal loopholes in the criminal court system that allowed Andrew’s killer, Shirley Turner (Zachary’s mother), to walk free.
In fear of spoiling anymore of the documentary, the update to this tragic tale will be placed after the jump. If you haven’t seen Dear Zachary yet or missed an emotionally charged Saturday Night Cinema here at Flixist, please do yourself a grand favor and watch it on Netflix Instant Queue. It is a moving tale that reminds you how tragic and precious life truly is.
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Is everybody gone? Good.
As you well know if you’ve seen the documentary (last chance not to spoil the story for yourselves), Shirley Turner was released on bail despite the amount of damning evidence against her and won custody of baby Zachary from Andrew Bagby’s parents, David and Kate Bagby. Shortly after, Shirley, along with 13-month-old Zachary, commits murder-suicide by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean from a fishing wharf.
Seven years after the tragedy, Canadian officials signed Bill C-464, or Zachary’s Bill, into law. The law “amends criminal code to refuse bail to those charged with serious crimes when necessary to protect the safety of the public, specifically children under the age of 18”.
It may be too little too late at this point, but I just hope that the passing of this law offers some kind of solace to David and Kate Bagby along with everybody else who was affected by this horrible tragedy.
[via /Film]
