▁as ▁a ▁hom oph ob ic ▁port ray al ▁of ▁King ▁in ▁the ▁main stream ▁media . ▁She ▁began ▁att ending ▁Mc In er ney ' s ▁pre - tri al ▁mot ions ▁and ▁hear ings . ▁“ The ▁more ▁she ▁looked ▁into ▁the ▁case , ▁the ▁more ▁she ▁un cover ed ▁a ▁web ▁of ▁comp lications ▁and ▁nu ance ▁that ▁just ▁wasn ’ t ▁being ▁given ▁a ▁fair ▁hearing ▁by ▁the ▁media , ▁let ▁alone ▁the ▁courts .” ▁ ▁Em bed ding ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁rural ▁blue ▁col lar ▁town ▁of ▁Ox n ard , ▁C unning ham ▁spent ▁five ▁years ▁developing ▁trust ▁with ▁the ▁community ▁and ▁accum ulating ▁over ▁ 3 5 0 ▁hours ▁of ▁foot age . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁an ▁ 8 9 - min ute ▁document ary ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁where : ▁“ C unning ham ▁master fully ▁we aves ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁cin ematic ▁mem orial ▁qu ilt ▁to ▁King , ▁who , ▁just ▁prior ▁to ▁his ▁death , ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁group ▁home / tre at ment ▁center ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁adopt ive ▁parents . ▁[...] ▁Arch ival ▁news ▁foot age , ▁school ▁surve ill ance ▁video ▁and ▁court room ▁render ings ▁round ▁out ▁this ▁powerful , ▁heart bre aking ▁rem inder ▁of ▁the ▁bold , ▁cross - d ress ing ▁boy ▁with ▁a ▁mis pla ced ▁cr ush ▁who ▁was ▁too ▁often ▁de emed ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁murder .” ▁ ▁H BO ▁a ired ▁the ▁document