The Nature of the Beast

Synopsis

The Nature of the Beast explores the life and case of a woman, Bonnie Jean Foreshaw, who was subjected to years of abuse, as a child and in three separate marriages. At the age of thirty-eight, Ms Foreshaw was found guilty of first degree murder when, in a moment of panic, she accidentally shot and killed a pregnant woman in an attempt to protect herself from a man who was physically assaulting her at a gas station in Hartford, Connecticut. Both her assailant and victim were complete strangers to Ms. Foreshaw. Although the man later testified in court that he had pulled the pregnant woman in front of him as a shield when he saw Ms. Foreshaw take out her hand gun, she was nevertheless found guilty of pre-meditated murder. Ms. Foreshaw is now serving the longest prison sentence of any woman in Connecticut—45 years—without the possibility of parole.

Main Cast

Bonnie Jean Foreshaw

Herself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Ondi Timoner
Editing	Editor	Ondi Timoner David Timoner
	Assistant Editor	Peter Conolly-Smith
	Online Editor	Tom Pernice
Production	Producer	Ondi Timoner David Timoner Peter Conolly-Smith
	Production Assistant	F. Miguel Valenti
Camera	Camera Operator	Ondi Timoner David Timoner Doug Forbush Graham Brownstein
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