Tag: Inside Job
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Who Were All the President’s Men, Really? ‘Watergate’ Reveals All and Reminds Us of How Our Government is Supposed to Work
Five years ago when Oscar-nominated documentarian Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”) started deeply researching the 1972 Watergate break-in, he was chasing a documentary thriller that would be fun to watch. A & E and History were on board. But as the political climate dramatically transformed, he wound up with a more sober narrative, which debuted at…
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Werner Herzog and Barbara Kopple Headline New 100-Film Documentary Series for History
Werner Herzog has made films across genres and across continents and now he’s leading one of the most ambitious filmmaking projects in the world of cable TV.History announced on Thursday that Herzog and legendary “Harlan County, USA” director Barbara Kopple will lead the network’s new documentary film series, tentatively titled “History 100.” The collection is…