CLARK CUNNINGHAM IS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE RECEIVES HIS FIRST VIDEO CAMERA FOR CHRISTMAS AND IMMEDIATELY FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA OF HOME MOVIES.  HE FILMS EVERYTHING - HIS MOM BAKING COOKIES, HIS DAD MOWING THE LAWN, HIS SMALL COLLECTION OF TOYS AND THE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT...

FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, CLARK IS RETURNING TO HARRISBURG, SOUTH DAKOTA TO WEAVE TOGETHER THE TRAGIC LEGACY OF HIS PARENTS, BILL AND JULES CUNNINGHAM.  DETAILING THE PAST THROUGH MEANS OF HIS HOME VIDEOS, CLARK ALSO UTILIZES ARCHIVED NEWS REPORTS, POLICE INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE COMMUNITY - INCLUDING THE ONLY KNOWN SURVIVOR - TO LEAD US INTO THE LIVES OF TWO PEOPLE THE MEDIA HAS SUMMED UP AS “THE JUNE AND WARD CLEAVER OF PSYCHOPATHS” BY THE BOY WHO LIVED IT.