A high school football star, a conviction for the sexual assault of a four-year-old boy, and a sentence of twenty-five years with no possibility of parole: these are the facts that open Outcry, a five-part American documentary series directed by Pat Kondelis and released in 2020.
What is Outcry about?
Across its episodes, Outcry follows the case against Greg Kelley from accusation to conviction and beyond. The series looks closely at how the original investigation was carried out, at the approach taken by the prosecution, and at the growing number of people who came to publicly back Kelley after he was sent to prison. Their support turned into a sustained campaign that asked whether the evidence and the procedures behind the verdict could hold up to scrutiny. Rather than beginning from a settled answer, the series sets out the competing questions around the case and traces how doubts about the conviction took shape and spread.
About the cast
Greg Kelley is the central figure of the series, and the story is built around his prosecution, his conviction and the response it provoked. Pat Kondelis directs all five episodes. As a documentary, the series features real participants in the case rather than actors, and its focus stays on the legal process and the people drawn into it.
Context & significance
Outcry belongs to the true-crime documentary tradition that re-examines contested convictions, a form that grew considerably in popularity through the 2010s. Its subject matter sits at the meeting point of criminal justice and community life: a young athlete known locally, an allegation involving a very young child, and a long prison term. The series treats these elements as a matter of public record, following the investigation, the courtroom strategy and the campaign that questioned both. Because it deals directly with an allegation of child sexual abuse, the series contains mature and distressing themes and is intended for adult viewers. Each episode runs close to an hour, which gives the five-part structure room to set out the timeline of the case in detail.
Watching Outcry on Ktime
Outcry is available on K-Time with a Persian dub as well as Persian subtitles, so viewers can choose between listening in Farsi or following the original English audio with Farsi text. Watching requires signing in with a K-Time account; this page is free to read. K-Time is built for Persian-speaking audiences around the world, with a Farsi interface throughout.