The Truth about Jim is a documentary series consisting of four episodes set to premiere on February 15, 2024. It is an original premise created by the platform Max, pointing to unravel the truth about a man named Jim Mordecai. The series get deep into Mordecai’s life from the perspective of his loved ones and family gradually revealing a twisted story that has two sides but one of them very dark. Directed by Skye Borgman known for her work on Unsolved Mysteries and Trial and produced by Imagine Documentaries. Unsolved Mysteries is another documentary style TV series showing the experiences of ordinary people who have lived through the unthinkable.

The Truth about Jim is not a simple biography it gets deeper into Jim Mordecai’s life exploring the impact he left on his family and how it is affecting every person in the present and probably the future. Viewers are intrigued anticipating that the series will shed light on the enigmatic figure of Jim Mordecai known to some as a respected teacher and to others as a monster, Mordecai’s story has sparked widespread interest. It seems that Sierra Barter an amateur investigator seeks to uncover whether her step grandfather Jim Mordecai was truly a serial killer convincing authorities to investigate this mystery not only for her family but also for the victims, many times when this kind of cases come to light years latter start to float cases no body knew about, this can then generate certain eager for people who was around Jim investigate deeper on what actually happen, trying to get all the truth.

Skye Borgman, the director of The Truth about Jim is an American filmmaker with a unique focus on the documentary genre particularly true crime, she gained recognition with the documentary film Abducted in Plain Sight telling the strange real life story of the Broberg family from Idaho distributed by Netflix in 2017. Borgman’s first documentary Junk Dreams 2010 received awards at international festivals including the Best Documentary Award at the Bare Bones International Film Festival and the Accolade Excellence Award, another documentary she directed is Girl in the Picture 2022 that tells Sharon Marshall’s story with an unusual feminine sensitivity in the genre, I Just Killed My Dad 2022 explores why Anthony Templet shot his father and never denied it delving into the complex implications of trauma. Borgman is dedicated to creating shocking, shaded and unexpected stories persuading her characters to reveal the darkest corners of their lives, the work of Skye Borgman is a tribute to the maze of human nature trying to understand how people arrive at such dark places and it seems that Borgman’s work has focused on exploring the complexity of human beings and ensuring that the truth always comes to light.

The Truth about Jim is not a simple biography it gets deeper into Jim Mordecai’s life exploring the impact he left on his family and how it is affecting every person in the present and probably the future. Because of previous work from the director viewers could get intrigued anticipating that the series will put on the spot light on the enigmatic figure of Jim Mordecai known to some as a respected teacher and to others as a monster, Mordecai’s story has sparked widespread interest. It seems that Sierra Barter an amateur investigator seeks to uncover whether her step-grandfather Jim Mordecai was truly a serial killer convincing authorities to investigate this mystery, going beyond what its already known from the case its like they really need to know if everything that was said actually happen as the name of the family sink everywhere they go because of the past that haunts them, gives the impression that they either show to the world it was one member of the family mistake and not judge them for the past.

As a documentary series it typically features real people rather than actors in this case the main cast is the family of Jim Mordecai. The documentary follows Sierra Barter step granddaughter of Jim, Judy Mordecai Jim ex-wives and Sierra’s grandmother, Shannon Barter who is Sierra’s mother and many other members of the family. Sierra is an amateur investigator that trying to understand and find out the truth of all the story behind his step grandfather Jim Mordecai a very complex figure that lives two life and that has leave a strong mark into Sierra’s family, she knows that he was a real violence person but needs answer for so many questions that are still unsolved.

The documentary The Truth about Jim will carry Sierra Barter to try to confirm if her step grandfather was in fact a serial killer. Jim leave a deep mark in his family, a mark of pain that has live with them for many years, now Sierra has brought to light all those memories and will show the viewers a travel of truth, discovery and a lot of traumas. The Truth about Jim is a documentary that will reflect when a family live with a person that it shows to the world like an amazing person but behind those walls when it suppose to be the most lovely person it become just a monster. People will like to see this documentary and find out the truth with Sierra and her family.