When was truth be tolled produced

She had such a clear vision of who she was. And all of us immediately pictured Octavia as Poppy. Their first meeting with Spencer was a lovefest.

The actress, an avid reader of mystery novels and a true crime fanatic, immediately connected with the character and the material, and would soon join the project as both star and executive producer. And as an executive producer, Spencer was very involved in the process from the start. Some of that work included engaging in tough yet respectful debates with the production team about how to map out the narrative and draw out each of the characters and their individual stories.

These invigorating conversations were necessary, given the profound and topical themes of privacy, media and race that the series tackles. From there, the process from script to screen happened relatively quickly. Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Full Episode Trailer Season 2 Official Trailer. Truth Be Told. Video Photos Top cast Edit. Andre Royo Demetrius as Demetrius. Rico E. Anderson Herbie as Herbie. Julie Craig Shae as Shae. Nichelle D.

More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. F ive years after the debut of Serial , podcasts and true crime are still thriving to such an extent that in retrospect their rise looks less like a trend and more like a paradigm shift—one that has changed television almost as much as radio.

Once confined to trashy news-magazine shows and niche networks, crime stories proliferated across platforms. True-crime podcasts have even become framing devices for fictional murder mysteries see: True Detective season 3. Debuting Dec. The surprise is that his arms are covered in white supremacist tattoos; at some point during his two decades in prison he joined the Aryan Brotherhood.

Truth Be Told wants us to ponder whether a black journalist is morally obligated to help a Nazi whom she believes was wrongfully convicted, even if his incarceration is partly her fault.