‘Making A Murderer’ Creators Answered Your Qs At SpectrumNow Festival

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March 10, 2016

Tonight in Sydney, Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, the creators and directors of Netflix true crime special ‘Making a Murderer’ appeared to speak at the SpectrumNow Festival.

The Netflix series, which follows convicted murderer Steven Avery, follows his struggles with the local justice system in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Avery was convicted of rape in 1985, and spent 18 years in prison. He was later found innocent and released, but was tried for murder of a different woman, Teresa Halbach, four years later. He has now been in prison since 2007, and has appealed his charges multiple times.

The Q&A event, hosted by Charlie Pickering, opened up a whole bunch of personal facts about the filmmakers and the filmmaking process.

So, via the magic source of Twitter, here is some bloody cool quotes from the talented directors themselves, and facts you may not have known about one of the most iconic true crime specials of our time:

Laura: Justice is a process & we wanted to document that #makingamurderer #spectrumnow

— The Iris | Film & TV (@TheIrisAU) March 10, 2016

Moira and Laura didn’t want to prove guilty or innocent but talk about health of justice system #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

Economics & money is a big piece of this story & how it affected #StevenAvery‘s case #makingamurderer #spectrumnow

— The Iris | Film & TV (@TheIrisAU) March 10, 2016

Moira and Laura haven’t read any of the fan theories @matwhi #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

Moira: there were no time constraints, they included everything they wanted to include #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

Teresa Halbach was the only Auto Trader photographer that worked in that county. Steven Avery didn’t even request her by name. #SpectrumNow

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) March 10, 2016

Laura: Without accountability institutionalised power is very dangerous #makingamurderer #spectrumnow

— The Iris | Film & TV (@TheIrisAU) March 10, 2016

Laura: There were times when Mike sounded like he was channeling what Ken Kratz had to say #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

Dean and Jerry wanted to name other suspects but Judge Willis said they could only name Brendan Dassey and D&J refused #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

“We look at the 1985 case with 20:20 hindsight, but we can’t rely on the exoneration movement to fix our problems.” #SpectrumNow

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) March 10, 2016

Moira and Laura have continued to speak to Steven and Avery family since launch #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

#StevenAvery has a new lawyer, we have to wait & see what comes of that #makingamurderer #spectrumnow

— The Iris | Film & TV (@TheIrisAU) March 10, 2016

Laura: “What we wanted to do was thoroughly, accurately and fairly document what was going on” @NetflixANZ @MakingAMurderer #SpectrumNow

— SpectrumNow Festival (@Spectrum_Now) March 10, 2016

Moira and Laura have not been back to Manitowoc since series aired #spectrumnow

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 10, 2016

“Our series is about the health of our justice system, not about guilt or innocence. That belongs in the court room.” @MakingAMurderer

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) March 10, 2016

And finally, for all those smug buggers who keep asking ‘Did Steven Avery do it?!’ – here’s your answer:

“I don’t know if Steven did it. I wasn’t there.” – Moira Demos, @MakingAMurderer, #SpectrumNow

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) March 10, 2016

Both Laura & Moira don’t have an opinion on who did it but believe more suspects should’ve been investigated #makingamurderer #spectrumnow

— The Iris | Film & TV (@TheIrisAU) March 10, 2016

Season 2 is a-coming. BRB, re-watching MaM from the start.