Reel Journalism with Nick Clooney
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Tickets to the Reel Journalism Film Series are now on sale and going fast!
Broadcast News, Good Night, and Good Luck, Citizen Kane and All The President’s Men are featured films in this joint project of SOC and the Newseum, now in it's 5th year. Schedule and details below.SOC’s Distinguished Journalist in Residence Nick Clooney, author of the book The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen, will host the series and moderate panels of prominent newsmakers, movie stars, and SOC alums. Actor and director George Clooney will be among the featured panelists to discuss his role in Good Night, and Good Luck.
All film screenings and panels will take place in the Newseum’s state-of-the-art Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater. Seating will start at 6:30 p.m. Show begins at 7 p.m. Further information is available at newseum.org. Watch videoWith an impressive list of prominent filmmakers,newsmakers, and Hollywood guests participating in the panels, this series will no doubt sell out quickly to the general public. We're pleased to have a reserve of tickets for students for each event.
Upcoming Films
March 16, 2009, 7 p.m. — All the President’s Men (1976) - SOLD OUT
Panelists: Bob Woodward, The Washington Post
Summary: Investigating the 1972 Watergate break-in, Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein follow a trail of deception that leads them all the way to the Nixon White House, and ultimately to the resignation of an American president. Nearly 40 years later, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward discusses what it was like to expose government corruption at its highest level and provides his insights into how the reel experience relates to the reality.
May 18, 2009 - The War Room (1993) - Buy tickets
Panelists: George Stephanopoulos and Paul Begala
Summary: A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. Former Clinton aide and now host of “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos will join Nick Clooney to discuss the love-hate relationship between candidates and the press, and how American politics have evolved over time. As a senior political advisor during the campaign, and later communications director for the Clinton administration, Stephanopoulos will illustrate first-hand experiences and accounts of life inside the presidential news cycle.
June 1, 2009 - A Mighty Heart (2003) - Buy tickets
Panelists: Mariane Pearl and Steve Stecklow
Summary: Based on Mariane Pearl’s 2003 memior, the film tells the heart-wrenching story of Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan while investigating links between Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani intelligence service. Daniel’s widow, Mariane, and Steve Stecklow, the last journalist to share a byline with the slain journalist, will sit down with Nick Clooney to reflect on Daniel’s life, death and what it means to work as a journalist in peril in a post-9/11 world.
Past Films
Dec. 8, 2008, 7 p.m. — Broadcast News (1987)
Panelists: Susan Zirinsky, CBS News, executive producer of 48 Hours and adviser for the film; Bob Schieffer, CBS News, moderator of Face the Nation
Summary: Three ambitious reporters discover that the world of television news is more than they bargained for in this quirky romantic comedy. CBS executive producer, Susan Zirinsky, the inspiration for the character portrayed by actress Holly Hunter, will join Bob Schieffer, moderator of “Face the Nation,” to discuss the film’s foreshadowing of the changes occurring in the TV news business today.
Jan. 26, 2009 — Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
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Panelists: George Clooney, actor and director, and Bill Small, chairman of news and documentary Emmys at the National Television Academy
Summary: At the height of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s, legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow takes on McCarthy against a backdrop of intense political pressure. Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney, who directed, co-wrote and starred in the docudrama, discusses his inspiration for bringing the tale of Murrow’s most memorable moment to the silver screen.
Feb. 23, 2009, 7 p.m. — Citizen Kane (1941)
Panelists: Tom Shales, '67, The Washington Post; Frank Mankiewicz, vice-chair of Hill & Knowlton as well as a former president of NPR, press secretary to Bobby Kennedy and son of Herman Mankiewicz, co-writer of the film
Summary: Loosely based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, Orson Welles’s iconic 1941 classic is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post television and film critic Tom Shales and Frank Mankiewicz, son of Herman Mankiewicz, winner of an Academy Award for writing the “Citizen Kane” screenplay, share their thoughts on the film’s enduring legacy.
