'A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about the documentary

From the picture-perfect family to the murder-suicide at the bottom of Northern California, this documentary will give you exclusive insights on the incident
PUBLISHED MAR 31, 2020
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The storyline of the documentary, 'A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy', revolves around the speculations and revelations of the lie and deceit of what seemed to look like the perfect family until they were found dead at the bottom of a Northern California cliff in 2018.

Release date

The documentary will premiere on April 7, 2020. It will also be available on VOD.

 Plot

The story revolves around the tragedy of two women who drove their six adopted children off a cliff of Northern California. The documentary will have exclusive interviews with friends and family of Sarah and Jennifer Hart, who were silenced by harassment and were unable to give their point of view.  

The documentary will be in an interrogative manner to cover the cold hard facts of the investigation. it will cover the child abuse allegations, the questionable adoption, the views of their friends on the news about it and so on. The couple was accused of hitting their adopted children, and not giving them food. 

In 2010, they were charged with domestic assault and malicious punishment by one of the children’s teachers. Jennifer Hart pleaded guilty to an abuse charge and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. This led the couple to move to Oregon but before they removed the children from school to homeschool them. This was unknown to their family and friends. 

The tragedy galvanized their entire community, at first in their defense, because the family seemed so committed to truth and social justice, but as the facts on the women regarding the adoptions and the condition of the children began to come out, it became harder to defend them. The documentary will also cover the death and the aftermath of the incident. 

Cast

The documentary features interviews with Sharyn Babbitt, Scott Barber, Nusheen Bakhtiar, Octavio Choi, Don Corey, Adolfo Cuellar, Dontay Davis, Nathaniel Davis, Dana Dekalb, Krista Herring, Shonda Jones, Zipporah Lomax, Brittini New, Amanda Price, Jennifer Price, Tammy Scheurich, Riannah Weaver and Christopher Worth.

Producer

The 'A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy' was produced by Chris Kobin and Rachel Morgan. They have previously worked together on 'The Hart Family Tragedy' in 2019. 

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