Girl in the Picture

2022 documentary by Skye Borgman

Matt Birkbeck
Skye Borgman
Emily Bon
Jimmy Fox
Dani Sloane

CinematographyArlene NelsonEdited by

Fernanda Tornaghi
Edward Wardrip

Music byJimmy Stofer

Production
company

All3Media America

Distributed byNetflix

Release date

July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)

CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Girl in the Picture is an American Netflix original documentary film directed by Skye Borgman.^[1] It's based on the books A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon by Matt Birkbeck, who also serves as executive producer.^[2] The story is centered on a young girl known as Sharon Marshall, who was abducted by a federal fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd and then raised as his daughter.^[3] Over the course of the next two decades, she was sexually assaulted by Floyd, forced to marry him and ultimately died in a suspicious hit-and-run accident in 1990.^[4] The film follows the shocking events that transpired afterward, and the years-long efforts by Birkbeck, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the FBI to find her true identity. The film was released on July 6, 2022.^[5]

Reception

Upon its release, Girl In The Picture remained the number one movie on Netflix for several weeks.^[6] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a positive review of 96% based on 23 critics' reviews.

References

^ Murray, Noel (2022-07-08). "Review: Who is the 'Girl in the Picture'? and more movies to see at home this weekend". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
^ "Fans Are Praising Unsung Hero of Horrifying New Netflix True Crime Documentary". 12 July 2022.
^ "Inside the Endlessly Twisted Story of Netflix's Girl in the Picture". E! Online. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
^ Shafer, Ellise (2022-07-13). "'Girl in the Picture': Were Michael Hughes' Remains Ever Found, Is Frank Floyd Still Alive and More Unanswered Questions". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
^ Butler, Bethonie (2022-07-13). "'Girl in the Picture' restores an identity lost to decades of horror'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
^ Mahale, Jenna (2022-07-12). "What is Girl in the Picture? The true crime sensation sweeping Netflix explained". i-d.vice.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06.