Burden of Proof Review 2023 Tv Show Series Cast Crew Online
HBO’s released the official trailer for Burden of Proof, a documentary series that examines the case of Jennifer Pandos, a 15-year-old who went missing in 1987. The search for answers unfolds over four episodes shot in cinema verité over the course of seven years, and the trailer reveals Jennifer’s brother’s quest for the truth after living with a lie for 22 years.
Episodes one and two will premiere on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT. Episodes three and four follow on June 7.
Two-time Emmy Award winner Cynthia Hill (A Chef’s Life) directed the true crime docuseries and served as producer along with Christine Delp and Andrea Weigl. Charlotte Cook and Concordia Fellowship’s Rahdi Taylor and Davis Guggenheim executive produced. HBO’s Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller also executive produced.
Per HBO: When 15-year-old Jennifer Pandos went missing in 1987, her parents told everyone she ran away. Decades later, her brother Stephen begins a relentless odyssey in search of the truth. His investigation into the case threatens to destroy his family as he becomes strongly convinced that his parents are both implicated in the crime. As time passes, more threads unravel, and new evidence comes to light, Stephen starts to question everything he has come to believe.
The series unfolds in real time as Stephen launches his own investigation into what he fears may have transpired in his parents’ house the night Jennifer vanished and a suspicious handwritten note left as the only clue. Sensitively illustrated with Jennifer’s intimate journal entries and letters and thoughtfully crafted dramatic visualizations of shifting and conflicting memories from family and friends of the months leading to Jennifer’s disappearance, the episodic flashbacks paint a portrait of a complex teenager dealing with a troublesome family dynamic.
As missing evidence is uncovered, lie detector tests are failed, and past abuses are revealed, a rich, complicated narrative emerges while Stephen is left to wonder about the price he has paid by pursuing this painful search for closure.
In 1987, Ron and Margie Pandos awake to find their daughter Jennifer missing from her bedroom. Decades later, Jennifer’s older brother Stephen believes their parents are responsible for her disappearance and has the investigation re-opened.
With the police focus on Ron and Margie, investigators scrutinize Ron’s past as a Vietnam veteran and his criminal record. Margie is offered immunity in exchange for testimony against Ron. After decades of estrangement, Stephen confronts his father. But when new information emerges, the investigation goes in an unexpected direction.
A trove of Jennifer’s personal writings paints a picture of a struggling teenage girl. The reappearance of lost evidence refocuses the investigation on an original person of interest. Stephen continues to believe his mother holds the key to the truth.
A trove of Jennifer’s personal writings paints a picture of a struggling teenage girl. The reappearance of lost evidence refocuses the investigation on an original person of interest. Stephen continues to believe his mother holds the key to the truth.
