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CRUEL SUMMER **** UK 2016 Dir: Philip Escott, Craig Newman 80 mins Inspired by a particularly brutal Sheffield case, this Cardiff-shot feature debut for documentarians Escott and Newman unfolds to devastating effect over the course of a few hours on a beautiful summer Saturday. Danny Miller is a high school…

Based on a horrifying true crime, and set to be one of the most topical films of the first quarter of 2018, the ”harrowing” (Projected Figures), CRUEL SUMMER is out now in U.S.A. on VOD from Wild Eye Releasing. From filmmakers Phillip Escott and Craig Newman comes the powerful story…