Shadow Of Doubt Analysis
Australian Story’s documentary ‘Shadow of Doubt’ gives new insight into the controversial topic of murder while hinting at police corruption, tunnel vision and the real truth. This documentary follows Deb Drummond, the granddaughter of accused murder Reg Brown, in a somewhat biased way positioning the audience in a way to believe that Reg Brown is innocent. Reg Brown is accused of killing Bronia Armstrong at the Wallace Bishop Arcade in 1947. Bronia Armstrong's family did not participate in the documentary. The the lack of thorough police investigation shown and only one side of the documentary positions the audience to view this case with a heavy bias for Reg Brown's innocence.
The police played a major role in the conviction of Reg Brown, …show more content…
When discussing the murder case the granddaughters of Reg Brown, Australian Story got as many parties involved in the episode as the could. However only one of these parties was still definite that Reg Brown killed Bronia Armstrong. That party is Alicia Bennett, a former detective sergeant, she still believes that Reg Brown committed the offence of murder, Australian Story limits her lines to only four confessional monologues with each of them stating “ I personally don’t have any doubt that Mr Brown committed the offence of murder.” I think these confessional monologues work well for the role that she plays in the documentary as the sole opposer to Reg Brown innocence. Alicia Bennett wrote a book on Reg Brown and Bronia Armstrong's murder case called Death before dishonour and i would have liked to see more of what Alicia Bennett had to say to the documentary. One Party that could have played a crucial role in reseting more evidence would have been the perspective of the Bronia Armstrong’s family. They were invited to participate in the documentary however declined the offer. Alicia bennett brings up that she has spoken to them ‘ I met with Bronia’s brother Bill, he and his family had no doubt that Reg Brown killed Bronia.” . As her brother Bill believed that Reg brown killed bornia Armstrong then having a confessional monologue from Bill Armstrong would have lessened the bias that exist in this
The police played a major role in the conviction of Reg Brown, …show more content…
When discussing the murder case the granddaughters of Reg Brown, Australian Story got as many parties involved in the episode as the could. However only one of these parties was still definite that Reg Brown killed Bronia Armstrong. That party is Alicia Bennett, a former detective sergeant, she still believes that Reg Brown committed the offence of murder, Australian Story limits her lines to only four confessional monologues with each of them stating “ I personally don’t have any doubt that Mr Brown committed the offence of murder.” I think these confessional monologues work well for the role that she plays in the documentary as the sole opposer to Reg Brown innocence. Alicia Bennett wrote a book on Reg Brown and Bronia Armstrong's murder case called Death before dishonour and i would have liked to see more of what Alicia Bennett had to say to the documentary. One Party that could have played a crucial role in reseting more evidence would have been the perspective of the Bronia Armstrong’s family. They were invited to participate in the documentary however declined the offer. Alicia bennett brings up that she has spoken to them ‘ I met with Bronia’s brother Bill, he and his family had no doubt that Reg Brown killed Bronia.” . As her brother Bill believed that Reg brown killed bornia Armstrong then having a confessional monologue from Bill Armstrong would have lessened the bias that exist in this