Erin Lee Carr is peeling back the layers of yet another jaw-dropping crime. With credits such as “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal,” “I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter,” and “Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop” under her belt, the filmmaker is set to tackle the 2017 murder of Kim Wall, a journalist who was famously killed while aboard a submarine.
Wall was last seen just before interviewing Peter Madsen, a well-known Danish entrepreneur, aboard his self-made submarine. “She was just doing her job, then she ran into a psychopath,” we’re told in a new trailer for the two-part doc. Madsen emerged from the submarine. Wall did not. “How on earth did you think you’d be able to get away with this?” one interviewee asks.
The spot touches on sexist media coverage of the crime, citing examples of victim-blaming that went on, including discussions about what Wall was wearing and why she “put herself in that position.”
“I wouldn’t have thought twice to go on that submarine because it was the job that she was going to do,” one character offers. Another adds, “We can all identify with this young woman who just wanted to do her job.”
Carr most recently helmed Netflix’s “Britney vs Spears.”
“Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall” debuts March 8 on HBO Max.
