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The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Shattered GlassIn 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Mr. JonesA reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into Califo...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Kill the MessengerIn the 1970s, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent ChristineMarianne Winckler relocates to the port city of Caen in order to pass herself off as a member of a large community of itinerant workers desperate to make ends meet. She gains employment as a cleaner o...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Between Two WorldsAs a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent TruthIn this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible....
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Veronica GuerinBombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent BombshellSusannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Brain on FireA group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Shock and Awe