Filmmaker Margaret Brown’s The Yogurt Shop Murders series brought one of Austin’s most searing and traumatic unsolved mysteries to national attention when it aired last year on HBO. Less than a month after the series premiered, something remarkable happened: new technology revealed critical evidence, and the case was closed for good. Brown has returned to the subject with a final fifth episode on the case’s closure and what it means to have an answer after decades of uncertainty. We will present the complete series across three screenings, each accompanied by a panel discussion. Episodes 1 & 2 will feature a panel of the victims’ families. Episodes 3 & 4 will feature a panel of the filmmaking team, including Austin-based cast and crew members, to discuss the making of this Austin-made HBO/A24 series. Following Episode 5, filmmaker Margaret Brown will be joined by the investigators who worked on the case and the exonerated accused. This discussion will be moderated by AFS Artistic Director Richard Linklater.

Episode 3 – “Mental Evidence” (Runtime: 1h 1min)
As the investigation revisits the young suspects, the police call them in for new videotaped interrogations, which reveal conflicting and ever-changing information. In October 1999, all four boys are arrested, and, later, Springsteen and Scott are charged with murder after having confessed to killing the girls. In 2008, DNA from the crime scene turns the case upside down.

Episode 4 – “In Your Own Time” (Runtime: 1h)
In 2009, Springsteen and Scott are released on bond and the charges are dropped but the men still live in a state of presumed guilt by many, despite no physical evidence tying them to the murder scene and new findings on false confessions. Three decades after the murders, a cold case detective continues to search for answers and closure for the families.