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Doc Talk-ElectionLine Crossover Podcast: Debating The Greatest Political Documentary Of All Time, And Why Conservatives Can’t Seem To Make A Decent One
The hosts of Deadline’s Doc Talk and ElectionLine podcasts debate the greatest political documentary of all time.
The candidates may surprise you – one from Brazil, another from Québec, a classic about JFK, a groundbreaking series that ran 14 episodes, and a 7-hour and 47-minute epic ostensibly about an all-star athlete turned accused murderer. And Patten, Deadline’s Executive Editor, Legal, Labor & Politics, identifies a possible exception to the rule – a film about a certain GOP presidential candidate who revealed a hidden side of himself in a 2014 documentary. The film, directed by Justin Folk and starring political commentator Matt Walsh, attempts to skewer DEI policies but fails miserably, according to one of our podcast pros (to find out who’s got it in for I Am Not a Racist?
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