Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders is a 2026 American documentary film about the controversy surrounding William Friedkin's thriller film Cruising (1980). The documentary is edited, produced, and directed by Jeffrey Schwarz. It premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 6, 2026.
Reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10.
Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that it's an "engaging, impassioned documentary". Ryan Lattanzio of IndieWire gave it an A−, writing, "It must be said that, in an age of Netflix true-crime documentary series that are often three bloated, overlong episodes that could've been consolidated into a 30-minute short, Mineshaft is a masterpiece of economy at well under 90 minutes."
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