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Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
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'Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead' is an independent documentary film about retributivist death penalty advocate Robert Blecker[http://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty_profiles/robert_blecker/ Robert Blecker New York Law School faculty bio] and his relationship with Daryl Holton, a death row inmate who murdered his own four children, and who was executed by the state of Tennessee in September 2007. The film was directed by Ted Schillinger and produced by Bruce David Klein.
The film was completed in November 2007 and made its world premiere on April 25, 2008, at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, as an official selection of the festival.[http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/apr/06/usa-film-festival-announces-lineup-2008 USA Film Festival announces lineup for 2008][http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2008/04/like_a_bat_out_of_hell_the_usa_film_fest_sked.php Like a Bat Out of Hell, the USA Film Festival Schedule is Released][http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/wfaa/stories/DN-usafest_0405gl.ART.State.Edition1.46d64b2.html USA Film Festival announces highlights] The film was also an official selection of the 2008 Rhode Island Film Festival[https://riiff2008.withoutabox.com/festivals/festival.php?festID=&schedule_id=3861&filter-section=&filter-country=&radiobutton=radiobutton&fetch=main-view&filter-letter=R+-+R&group=2 Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008 lineup] and the 2008 Cork Film Festival.[http://www.corkfilmfest.org/2008/ccff/documentaries/docspage7.php?page=sa Cork International Film Festival 2008 lineup] It won a Gold Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.[http://www.honolulufilmfestival.com/Festival/PastWinners/2009Winners/GoldKahunaAwardWinners/tabid/367/Default.aspx Honolulu International Film Festival 2009 Gold Kahuna Winners]
'Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead' was released theatrically on February 27, 2009. 'The New York Times' said the film was "compelling" and 'Film Journal International' called it "captivating."[https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/movies/27blec.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 'New York Times' review][http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i6d505d3b49858f32204de6553b59d826 'Film Journal International' review] 'The Washington Post' described it as a fascinating look at "the vast amount of wiggle room between being for the death penalty and being against it."[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/12/AR2009031203773.html 'Washington Post' review] The film made its television premiere on April 19, 2009, on MSNBC. It was released on DVD in 2010.
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