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In The Cold Dark Night
Directed byStephen Robert Morse
Nick Hampson
Written byStephen Robert Morse
Max Peltz
Miikka Leskinen
Produced byStephen Robert Morse
Max Peltz
CinematographyNick Hampson
Anthony Rubinstein
Jacob Sacks-Jones
Edited byMiikka Leskinen
Music byHarry Brokensha
Production
companies
Lone Wolf Studios, RadicalMedia
Distributed bySky Documentaries
Now TV (Sky)
20/20 (American TV program)
Hulu
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2] The film was also nominated for the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema by the Georgia Film Critics Association.[3]

The film premiered in the USA as a special event on 20/20 on July 17, 2020 and on Hulu immediately after.[4] It has aired in the UK on Sky Documentaries since October 8, 2020.

Production

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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.[5]

Reception

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Executive Producer Wesley Lowery wrote a widely shared article about the story behind the film in GQ.[6] 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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ ""Story of Timothy Coggins' murder nominated for Emmy Award"". Pike County Journal Reporter. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. July 27, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  3. ^ ""Oglethorpe Award"". Georgia Film Critics Association. March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ^ ""In the Cold Dark Night" | The 20/20 Event airs tonight at 9|8c on ABC". American Broadcasting Company. July 17, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Morgan, Jillian. "Rogovy Foundation names summer 2020 doc film fund winners". RealScreen. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Lowery, Wesley (17 July 2020). "A Brutal Lynching. An Indifferent Police Force. A 34-Year Wait for Justice". GQ. Conde Nast. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  7. ^ Scanlan, Chip. "One cold case murder. Two narrative forms". Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Harvard. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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