Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film

Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film


100: Inside “The Case Against Adnan Syed” on HBO

March 08, 2019

Serial, the podcast, won millions of listeners to the story of the 1999 Baltimore murder of Hae Min Lee that sent her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed to prison. Now the case is re-opened by private investigators in a new 4-part series “The Case Against Adnan Syed” on HBO. Episode one had its world premiere at Pure Nonfiction at IFC Center. Host Thom Powers interviewed director Amy Berg, author and advocate Rabia Chaudry, and Adnan’s classmate Laura Estrada Sandoval who appears in the series.On Twitter: @disarmingfilms @rabiasquared @HBODocs @thompowers @PureNonfiction