The Netflix documentary will give a deeper look into the tragic death of Gabriel Fernandez.
, a six-part series that examines the tragic 2013 death of an 8-year-old boy who died after prolonged abuse by his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre. broke the story. I just thought it was really, really powerful,” Knappenberger tells ET. But he didn’t start making the series until the judge in Aguirre’s trial let them film inside the courtroom. “Those first few days were so powerful and so stirring. It was really moving and emotional.
“What’s wild is that everything that you heard from the testimony just got more and more mysterious,” Knappenberger says. “Of course, it just got deeper and deeper and deeper. And we got pulled into it that way.” In trying to make sense of what was happening beyond the courtroom, the film takes audiences through an investigation into the local government system to figure out why social services and other programs failed to protect Fernandez, despite the many warning signs leading up to his death. journalist Garrett Therolf, who reported on the Fernandez case at the time, to expose the flaws in the system.
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