The new doc came out on June 17 - in honor of the 50th anniversary of the highly controversial Watergate break-in which swept the nation and resulted in President Nixon resigning.
Did you know that one of the Watergate era's most polarizing figures was a Pine Bluff native? Meet Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell, the wife of John Mitchell, United States attorney general under President Richard Nixon. She became a controversial figure with her outspoken comments about the government at the time of the Watergate scandal.
Julia Roberts has returning to the acting world with her lastest series, Gaslit. Some fans are curious as to whether the inspiration comes from true events.
This article is a reprint from the Explore Pine Bluff Blog because of anticipated interest in the upcoming Starz series "Gaslit" highlighting the role that Pine Bluff"s Martha Mitchell played in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. The series premieres at 7 p.m. today and stars Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell and Sean Penn as her husband, U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell.