Ten Great Newspaper Movies

Friday January 27 – Thursday February 2

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The newspaper industry is going through turbulent times in as old business models struggle to adapt to the new media world. Meanwhile, in Britain, the reputation of reporters has hit an all-time low after Rupert Murdoch journalists have been exposed as bullies and blackmailers, a corrupt influence on politicians and the police. But as this week-long series of newspaper movies reminds us, journalism can be, and should be, a noble calling, a corrective to the excesses of the power elite, and a vital voice in the democratic discourse.

The centrepiece is the latest non-fiction essay from legendary documentarian (and regular New York Times contributor) Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line; The Fog of War). Tabloid  is the incredible true tale of a beauty queen, her manacled Mormon lover, and the world’s first cloned dog – all grist to the mill of Fleet Street’s notoriously lascivious tabloid press, which also plays a key role in this story.

But our program leafs through a wide range of North American newspaper tales, new and old, documentary and fiction, celebratory and cautionary. Look out for special introductions from some of the city’s best journalists, ready to give us the inside scoop on what’s really going on behind the front page news…

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