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‘Crip Camp’ Director Nicole Newnham Teams With NBC News Studios on a Doc About Secret Tunnel Dug Under Berlin Wall (EXCLUSIVE)
NBC News Studios is partnering with 'Crip Camp' co-director Nicole Newnham on a doc about a secret tunnel dug under the Berlin Wall
In 1962, NBC News producer Reuven Frank (creator of “The Huntley-Brinkley Report”) came to the rescue when he struck a deal for exclusive rights to covertly film the excavation and escape. Under mounting pressure from the White House, NBC scrapped its original air date for its 90-minute special before ultimately broadcasting “The Tunnel” in December 1962. NBC News Studios head of documentary Molly O’Brien says that the network has wanted to develop the Tunnel 29 story for a long time.
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