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Hollywood’s entertainment industry has delivered quite a few real-life-based documentary pieces over the years, but perhaps hardly any of them have proven to be as harrowing as the titular story of Amanda Knox. Released back in 2016, that Netflix documentary has fascinated many people over the years, and now, it seems to be an even more must-watch piece.

This increased fame of the rated 82% on Rotten Tomatoes documentary comes in light of the recently released episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. This is because, appearing in the same, the real Knox shared a key detail of her story of how she coped after twice being convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher after proving her innocence.

Amanda Knox’s confession makes her documentary even more of a must-watch piece Amanda Knox in a still from the titular documentary. | Credits: Netflix.

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Christopher Robinson is defending his wife, Amanda Knox, from "cruel" comments. On Nov. 23, an Italian judge released Rudy Guede, who was previously convicted of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.  Shortly after being freed from prison after completing 13 years of his 16-year sentence with time off for good behavior, Guede spoke out about the case that made headlines around the world. In an interview with The Sun's Nick Pisa, Guede maintained his innocence while offering condolences to the Kercher family. "The first thing I want to say is to the Kercher family and how sorry I am for their loss," Guede said. "I have written a letter to them in...

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Recently, I carved out some time to watch two of Netflix's new original documentaries: Ava DuVernay's 13th and Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn's Amanda Knox. I didn't quite feel as if I had enough to say about either to warrant a full review, but I still wanted to offer my thoughts about them, so here goes.

Let's start with Amanda Knox. Personally, I didn't pay attention to this insane murder mystery story as it was happening a few years ago, so this whole thing was presenting almost entirely new information for me. From what I've heard, that's the best case scenario as far as your starting point going into this movie; I've seen people write that those who already know the history of the case won't learn anything new here, and while I can't speak to that, it definitely works as an engrossing piece of entertainment that covers the basics of the case.