Girl in the Picture

{{Short description|2022 documentary by Skye Borgman}}

{{Infobox film

| image = Poster for Girl in the Picture.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| director = Skye Borgman

| producer = {{plainlist|

• Matt Birkbeck
• Skye Borgman
• Emily Bon
• Jimmy Fox
• Dani Sloane

}}

| cinematography = Arlene Nelson

| editing = {{plainlist|

• Fernanda Tornaghi
• Edward Wardrip

}}

| music = Jimmy Stofer

| studio = All3Media America

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2022|07|06}}

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Girl in the Picture is an American Netflix original documentary film directed by Skye Borgman.{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=2022-07-08 |title=Review: Who is the 'Girl in the Picture'? and more movies to see at home this weekend |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-07-08/review-who-is-the-girl-in-the-picture-and-more-movies-to-see-at-home-this-weekend |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} It is based on the books A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon by Matt Birkbeck, who also served as executive producer.{{cite web | url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/girl-in-the-picture-netflix-matt-birkbeck-praise-20220712 | title=Fans Are Praising Unsung Hero of Horrifying New Netflix True Crime Documentary | date=12 July 2022 }} The story is centered on a young girl known as Sharon Marshall, who was abducted by a federal fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd and then raised as his daughter.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Inside the Endlessly Twisted Story of Netflix's Girl in the Picture |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1336839/inside-the-endlessly-twisted-story-of-netflixs-girl-in-the-picture |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=E! Online}} Over the course of the next two decades, she was sexually assaulted by Floyd, forced to marry him and ultimately died in a suspicious hit-and-run accident in 1990.{{Cite magazine |title='Girl in the Picture': Were Michael Hughes' Remains Ever Found, Is Frank Floyd Still Alive and More Unanswered Questions |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=2022-07-13 |magazine=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/girl-in-the-picture-unanswered-questions-suzanne-sevakis-michael-franklin-floyd-1235314054/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211160439/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/girl-in-the-picture-unanswered-questions-suzanne-sevakis-michael-franklin-floyd-1235314054/ |archive-date=2023-02-11 |url-status=live}} The film follows the shocking events that transpired afterward and the years-long efforts by Birkbeck, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the FBI to find her true identity. The film was released on July 6, 2022.{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Bethonie |date=2022-07-13 |title='Girl in the Picture' restores an identity lost to decades of horror' |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/13/girl-in-picture-doc/ |access-date=2022-07-27}}