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And he finds gripping ways to keep those centuries-old resentments bubbling at the surface until they reach a sweltering boil.

A string of murdered women adds to the paranoia gripping the town.

His gripping account of Campbell’s death and Hettinger’s crushing depression has been likened to Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood,” with both authors applying a novelist’s storytelling techniques to cold fact.

It’s gripping and informative without sermonizing — everything a great documentary should be.

A new Kronos recording devoted to those works will be released in early March, and it features pieces with narration about war and peace in the Middle East that are grippingly theatrical.