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]
| In The Cold Dark Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stephen Robert Morse Nick Hampson |
| Written by | Stephen Robert Morse Max Peltz Miikka Leskinen |
| Produced by | Stephen Robert Morse Max Peltz |
| Cinematography | Nick Hampson Anthony Rubinstein Jacob Sacks-Jones |
| Edited by | Miikka Leskinen |
| Music by | Harry Brokensha |
Production companies | Lone Wolf Studios, RadicalMedia |
| Distributed by | Sky Documentaries Now TV (Sky) 20/20 (American TV program) Hulu |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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
editFilming 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
editExecutive 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
edit- ^ ""Story of Timothy Coggins' murder nominated for Emmy Award"". Pike County Journal Reporter. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. July 27, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ ""Oglethorpe Award"". Georgia Film Critics Association. March 1, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ Morgan, Jillian. "Rogovy Foundation names summer 2020 doc film fund winners". RealScreen. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Scanlan, Chip. "One cold case murder. Two narrative forms". Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Harvard. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
External links
edit- In the Cold Dark Night at IMDb
- Watch 20/20 Season 42 Episode 30 In the Cold Dark Night Online
- In the Cold Dark Night
- 42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations – The Emmys
- In the Cold Dark Night
- Story of Timothy Coggins’ murder nominated for Emmy Award - The Pike County Journal-Reporter Archived 2021-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Emmy-nominated producer and director recognises Oxford Saïd education | Saïd Business School
- In The Cold Dark Night - Murder of a Black Man in Georgia - Documentary