“We are the stories we tell.”
After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems.
Sammy Silverwatch
Young Nick Yarris
The Fear of 13 is a documentary, crime film released in 2015 exploring themes of prison, prisoner, death row, biography, reenactment, legal system. Directed by David Sington, it stars Sammy Silverwatch. After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems.
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