‘Unbelievable’ Showrunner Susannah Grant On The Grim Realities Of Sexual Assault: “This Isn’t About Statistics” – Contenders TV
Antonia Blyth Deputy Editor, AwardsLineA four-time nominee at this year’s Golden Globes, Netflix’s eight-part series Unbelievable gripped and enraged viewers in equal measure, mostly because its tale of injustice is very much rooted in fact.Based on the 2015 ProPublica article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the This American Life podcast about the same case, it tells the story of Marie (Kaitlyn Dever), a teenager who is accused of lying after reporting a sexual assault.