Press Freedom, a theme for film
View(s):Celebrating the World Press Freedom Day which fell on May 3, the weekly film screenings at the American Center will focus on the theme of the press freedom. ‘All the President’s Men’, a 1976 film revolves around two Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whose investigations into the Watergate scandal set the stage for President Richard Nixon’s eventual resignation. The film will be screened at 6 pm on May 7.
‘Good Night and Good Luck’ which screens on May 14 takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950’s America. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff – headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom – defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist ‘witch-hunts’.
‘Shattered Glass’ will be screened on May 21 revolves around Michael Kelly (Hank Azaria, the first editor of “The New Republic” with whom Stephen Glass worked. When Kelly finds something questionable in one of the stories submitted by Glass, Stephen is able to explain it away, and the incident is glossed over. When Kelly is fired by the publisher, Chuck Lane (Peter Sarsgaard) takes over under difficult circumstances, as the staff is loyal to Kelly and resentful of Lane.
‘Page One: Inside New York Times’ which deftly gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk will be screened on May 28. With the internet surpassing print as the main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, PAGE ONE chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil.
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