Liz Garbus, known for her impactful documentary work, has returned to Netflix with a series examining the Long Island serial killer case. Following her feature film 'Lost Girls,' which highlighted the families of victims rather than their pasts, Garbus continues to avoid sensationalism about missing women. The new docuseries emphasizes the importance of the families' advocacy amid police inadequacies. Garbus is committed to reshaping narratives by focusing on the women and their loved ones, resisting the common tendency to give power to the criminal perspective.
The film was about the surviving women - not about the sex work that these young women engaged in... It was really about the family members and their search and desire for justice.
At the heart of this case is the story of misogyny as well as police indifference, incompetence, and ultimately corruption.
Garbus is keen to avoid the traps of sensationalizing the nature of missing women as a point of lurid fascination, unwilling to blame or indulge in any victim-blaming.
When you give it, you're giving power. It was a conscious choice to remove the power from the criminal's perspective, which in this kind of story generally fetishizes women.
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