The Fourth Estate

Showings

Isabel Bader Theatre Mon, Apr 30, 2018 6:00 PM
TIFF Lightbox 1 Tue, May 1, 2018 12:45 PM
Isabel Bader Theatre Sat, May 5, 2018 10:30 AM
TIFF Lightbox 2 Sat, May 5, 2018 1:30 PM
Film Info
Runtime:90
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:International Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
Program Category:Special Presentations
Film Subjects:America
Journalism & the Media
Populism & the Rise of the Right
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Liz Garbus
Producer(s):Liz Garbus
Jenny Carchman
Justin Wilkes
Executive Producer(s):Vinnie Malholtra
Jon Kamen
Dave Sirulnick
Dan Cogan
Editor(s):Matthew Hamachek
Daniel Koehler
Jawad Metni
Joshua L. Pearson
Karen K. H. Sim
Cinematography:Wolfgang Held
Thorsten Thielow
Composer:H. Scott Salinas
Sound:Brian Buckley
Richard Fleming

Description

In these times when journalism is being questioned and attacked as “fake news,” Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus turns her lens on the inner workings of The New York Times in the Showtime documentary series The Fourth Estate, revealing the challenges, triumphs and pitfalls of covering a president who has declared war on the free press. Embedded for the past year with the Times and granted unprecedented access and interviews with editors and reporters on the front lines, the docuseries presents a groundbreaking portrait of the men and women who are fighting for freedom of the press and America’s right to know.