Valentine Road: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: October 7, 2013

Summary: Marta Cunningham's documentary utilizes interviews with witnesses and friends to examine the events and motives leading to the murder of Lawrence “Larry” King by classmate Brandon McInerney in 2008.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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S1:E1. Valentine Road
Air Date: October 7, 2013

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Mary McNamara

Oct 7, 2013

Marta Cunningham's documentary Valentine Road is a profoundly disturbing and extremely effective attempt to make us stop in our tracks and try to answer the questions we so patly ask. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Oct 7, 2013

Haunting, heartfelt and even-handed, Valentine Road should be required viewing in teaching tolerance on middle-school and high-school campuses. Read full review

Cynthia Fuchs

Oct 7, 2013

Valentine Road features a range of interview subjects who voice conflicting concerns and express their discontents, but it also resists casting judgment against one person or another. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Oct 7, 2013

Valentine Road, directed by Marta Cunningham, is clear in its sympathy for Mr. King, but it is also bracingly willing to explore other sides of this disturbing case and complex subject. Read full review

David Hinckley

Oct 7, 2013

The documentary covers, thoroughly and in as balanced a way as possible, the murder of a 15-year-old California middle-school student by a classmate. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 7, 2013
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  S1:E1. Valentine Road
  Air Date: October 7, 2013