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In the Cold Dark Night
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Wikipedia article
'In The Cold Dark Night' is a 2020 American documentary film about the murder of Timothy Coggins in Spalding County, Georgia in 1983 and the Coggins family's subsequent 35-year quest for justice. The project was nominated for a 2021 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing: Documentary. The film was also nominated for the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema by the Georgia Film Critics Association.
The film premiered in the USA as a special event on 20/20 on July 17, 2020 and on Hulu immediately after. It has aired in the UK on Sky Documentaries since October 8, 2020.
Production
Filming commenced in Griffin, Georgia and Spalding County, Georgia in January, 2018. The trials of the two men accused of murdering Timothy Coggins occurred in July and August, 2018.
In the Cold Dark Night received a grant from The Rogovy Foundation's Miller/Packan Documentary Film Fund for the summer of 2020.
Reception
Executive Producer Wesley Lowery wrote a widely shared article about the story behind the film in 'GQ'. Additionally, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard discussed the film, comparing the process of working on the film with the process of writing an article about the same topic.
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