Another Independence Day has passed. Another year remembering the too-short lives and tragic murders of Lin “Spit” Newborn and Daniel Shersty. And another chance to reflect on the progress made in telling their stories.
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Looking back at 2024 and toward the year ahead
With 2024 coming to an end, we reflect on the progress we’ve made on “Murdered on the Fourth of July” in the last 12 months.
26 Years Later
It’s been 26 years since Lin “Spit” Newborn and Daniel Shersty were killed in the desert outside Las Vegas after being drawn out there under false pretenses by a group of neo-Nazi skinheads. It’s been 26 years since parents lost their sons, a child lost his father, and a community lost one of its guiding […]
A quick production update as we head into spring
If things have seemed quiet around here since our last update following our December filming dates, that’s because the work that’s been happening on Murdered on the Fourth of July since then (following a little holiday break) has been less visible but very important, including: Ingesting, syncing, and transcribing filmed interviews Creating a “paper edit” […]