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The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

2020
Documentary, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger investigates the tragic death of an 8-year-old California boy who endured horrific abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, along with the fractured and complex systems that failed to protect him.

Directed by:

Brian Knappenberger
Brian-Knappenberger
10 total credits
Brian Knappenberger has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists and Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

Starring:

William Guirola
William-Guirola
1 total credit
William Guirola has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
,
Wyatt Hinz
Wyatt-Hinz
1 total credit
Wyatt Hinz has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
,
Rodrigo Alfonso
Rodrigo-Alfonso
1 total credit
Rodrigo Alfonso has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

Genres:

Documentary, Crime

Country:

USA

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

2020
Documentary, Crime
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 62.87% from 47 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Rated 24 Mar 2020
71
64th
Probably the most difficult thing I've ever watched; it is absolutely gut-wrenching. It's really effective at telling the personal story. It does try to focus heavily on the systemic issues with the child protective services, but feels like it never really gets to the real bottom of things on that front. While this is overall very well done about a story that needs to be told, it's a difficult thing to recommend because it's just so heartbreaking.
Rated 12 Sep 2021
75
72nd
I would consider myself a connoisseur of the darker side of human nature. I have watched a lot of documentaries about everything from serial killers to all kinds of ways that people abuse each other. I don't think anything will ever top what happened to Gabriel Fernandez,
Rated 24 Jul 2022
83
72nd
It's hard to put to words how horrific and terrible this boy's fate was. It's not the kind of story you want to hear, either about how some families treat their children, how siblings are affected and how they develop as a result, or how the system can be so fundamentally broken that a horror like this is allowed to occur.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Brian Knappenberger
Brian-Knappenberger
10 total credits
Brian Knappenberger has 10 credits at Criticker, including: The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists and Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

Starring:

William Guirola
William-Guirola
1 total credit
William Guirola has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
,
Wyatt Hinz
Wyatt-Hinz
1 total credit
Wyatt Hinz has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
,
Rodrigo Alfonso
Rodrigo-Alfonso
1 total credit
Rodrigo Alfonso has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

Genres:

Documentary, Crime

Country:

USA
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