Once the enfant terrible of the doc world, with a bumbling persona that hid his wicked intellect, Nick Bloomfield may be older, but he’s still a world-class sharpshooter when it comes to deflating those with power. Here he takes his camera into the Los Angeles community where one of America’s most prolific serial killers hid for decades. Preying on women of color—many of them sex workers—the Grim Sleeper was cloaked by the intersection of race, poverty, and police indifference. Buoyed by the guidance of Pam Brooks, a “fixer” of sorts, Tales of the Grim Sleeper is a damning account of the disposability of persons deemed “undesirable.” As the rallying cry of “#BlackLivesMatter” trends on Twitter and police power is under scrutiny, Broomfield captures an uneasy zeitgeist with measured outrage and the power of a hard-boiled thriller. (CBe)