Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

Jul 16, 2000

1h 45m

★ 5.5

Overview

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other cases closed. Some of the parents of the slain children were critical of the way the cases were handled and believed there was some sort of cover up. Nearly four years after the conviction of Williams, "Spin" magazine editor Ron Larson and reporter Pat Laughlin come to Atlanta in search of the truth.

Genres

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Babelsberg International Film Produktion

Showtime Networks

Victor & Grais Productions

South Side Films

Who Killed Atlanta's Children? Trailers

Cast

Ron Larson

Gregory Hines

Pat Laughlin

Jim Belushi

Aubrey Melton

Sean McCann

Royal McCullough

Shawn Doyle

William Kunstler

Kenneth Welsh

Dave

Eugene Clark

Phil Peters

Jack Wallace

Clark Hildebrandt

J.J. Johnston

Special Agent Jack Johnson

Aidan Devine

Rep. Mildred Glover

Lynda Gravatt

Sally Laughlin

Debra Sharkey

Sheriff Chirumenga Jenga

Bill Duke

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