Zodiac Killer Project w/ filmmaker | Inspiring Conversations

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton was hot on the trail of the next great American true crime documentary—a riveting account of a highway patrolman's quixotic effort to identify and capture the infamous Zodiac Killer. Shackleton devised a plan, began collecting interviews, and shot “evocative B-roll” footage of ghostly California freeways and parking lots where the killer may have once lurked. And then the project fell apart, leaving Shackleton with fragments of the unfinished film and time to ruminate on shortcuts and signifiers of the ubiquitous genre. Zodiac Killer Project emerges from the ash heap to probe and deconstruct the form with the incisive eye of a true crime connoisseur. Winner of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival NEXT Innovator Award. [91 min; documentary; English]

A prerecorded conversation unique to IU Cinema between director Charlie Shackleton and IU Professor Debra Tolchinsky will screen after the film.