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‘Any Given Day’ Filmmaker Preps Docuseries on Fight to Free Black, Latino Men Framed for Murder (EXCLUSIVE)
Christopher Vourlias Producer-director Margaret Byrne is developing an eight-part docuseries, “Fighting Time,” following a retired homicide detective and dozens of Latino and Black men who allege they were framed for murder, Variety has learned exclusively. Byrne’s latest feature, “Any Given Day,” screens this week in the International Spectrum competition at Hot Docs.The Chicago-born multi-hyphenate has spent the past three years following court cases in her hometown, where dozens of murder convictions have been overturned amid revelations of corruption and misconduct within the Chicago Police Department.
