EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video UK and Ireland is returning to the British true crime area for its newest authentic.
Indie Woodcut Media is presently in manufacturing on characteristic documentary The Murder of Sandra Rivett, which distributor Abacus Media Rights (AMR) can be introduced to consumers on the upcoming MIPTV market after taking worldwide gross sales.
The 90-minute movie goes again to 1974, when an aristocratic family was at warfare in London with Lord and Lady Lucan at loggerheads over the custody of their youngsters. When a newly employed nanny, Sandra Rivett, managed to carry some calm the house and discover a kindred spirit in her employer, Veronica (Countess of Lucan), she had no thought she would quickly be the sufferer of against the law that has fascinated generations for 50 years.
The doc will discover the misogyny engrained within the social historical past of the time and inform the story from the attitude of two ladies who had been polar opposites by way of class, however whose lives ran a parallel — dealing with psychological well being, marriage and motherhood challenges earlier than their paths crossed for a quick interlude of happiness. The doc will current various theories of what really occurred on the night time that Sandra was killed, together with a first-hand account of life within the Lucan family from the household’s former nanny.
Executive producers are Nick Mavroidakis and Kate Beal, the producer is Madeline Chiari and Matt Blyth serves as editor. The documentary is directed by Jenny Williams.
“This is one of the most famous murder mysteries of the twentieth century. Up until this point the focus of the story has been on Lord Lucan,” mentioned Mavroidakis. “In this characteristic documentary our goal is to return the narrative to the forgotten story of the sufferer — of Sandra herself. This yr is 50 years because the tragic lack of this younger lady and we wish to mark that.“
The true crime area is acquainted floor for Prime Video UK, which earlier this yr pre-bought a number of AMR docs from the style, together with Woodcut double Murder in a Tea Cup and Murder at First Swipe.
Prime Video has tapped Amcomri Entertainment-owned AMR for true crime docs a number of instances over current years, together with for originals on homicide of Meredith Kercher and killers Ian Brady and Patrick Mackay.