The information landscape has transformed with vertigo-inducing speed since 2011, when Andrew Rossi last looked under the hood of the (reality-based) news business in Page One: Inside the New York Times. And now that Edward R. Murrow is rolling in his grave (and Geraldo Rivera is most likely looking for ways to monetize that), it makes sense that Rossi would be the filmmaker to tackle today’s crisis of media faith with his latest HBO doc, After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News. Executive produced by CNN’s Brian Stelter, the film takes a deep dive into the post-truth world that […]
by Lauren Wissot on Mar 19, 2020Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Magnolia Home Entertainment – October 18 Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times visits one of our nation’s oldest and most-read newspapers at a time of existential crisis. Directed by Andrew Rossi, this documentary focuses on The Times’ media desk, tasked to cover, among other things, the crisis facing journalists today due to the Internet. At the center of the film is David Carr, a veteran reporter and ex-drug addict in the midst of a lengthy piece about the collapse of The Tribune Company. The film incorporates events like […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 23, 2012Filmed at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where their documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times premiered and received rave reviews, here are director Andrew Rossi and Times writer, subject, and soul David Carr (pictured above) discussing both the film and journalism in the age of the Internet. Originally posted Jan. 31, 2011.
by Scott Macaulay on Jun 15, 2011[PREMIERE SCREENING: Sunday, Jan. 23, 6:00 pm — Temple Theatre] In April, I went to the newsroom at the Times with my camera, ready to film. This had been my routine for the past few months–I’d show up, not sure what story the reporters on the Media Desk would be covering that day, and attempt to be a fly on the wall. When I arrived, “a former hacker with a whistleblower website” –whom we now know as Julian Assange of WikiLeaks–had posted a [chilling] video of a U.S. military helicopter shooting down two journalists and several Iraqi civilians. Reuters had […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 23, 2011