Nieman Lab’s home, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, on Tuesday announced the 84th class of Nieman Fellows. These 22 journalists will spend the coming year at Harvard. (More information, including how to apply for next year, is here.)
You may recognize some names from (among many other places) Nieman Lab stories. We wrote about Jorge Caraballo Cordovez‘s work at Radio Ambulante here. Pranav Dixit‘s reporting on misinformation in India has regularly appeared in our fake news column. And we’ve written about work by Natalia Viana at Agência Pública, Shereen Marisol Meraji at Code Switch, and Jakob Moll at Zetland.
Rolling Stone Films, MRC Non-Fiction Announce New Rudy Giuliani Documentary
Rolling Stone Films, MRC Non-Fiction Announce New Rudy Giuliani Documentary
Zach Heinzerling, Gabrielle Schonder to direct film based on May 2020 RS story, What Happened to America s Mayor?
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Rolling Stone Films and MRC Non-Fiction will examine the life and career of Rudy Giuliani.
The doc is slated for a 2022 release and will be directed by Oscar nominee Zach Heinzerling (
Cutie and the Boxer) and Emmy winner Gabrielle Schonder (
The NRA: Under Fire). The film will be based on Seth Hettena’s May 2020 feature on Giuliani for
Rudy Giuliani Documentary in the Works From Rolling Stone, MRC Non-Fiction
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Where have you gone, Rudy Giuliani?
A new documentary from MRC Non-Fiction and Rolling Stone poses precisely that question, delving into the former New York City mayor’s move from being a beloved 9/11 leader to consigliere and conspiracy-theorist-in-chief to one Donald J. Trump.
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The film will be based on Seth Hettena’s 2020 article for Rolling Stone, “What Happened to America’s Mayor?” It’s being directed by Zach Heinzerling, an Oscar nominee for “Cutie & The Boxer,” and Gabrielle Schonder, a two-time Emmy winner whose credits include “The NRA: Under Fire.”
Two Rudy Giuliani docs in the works Two feature documentaries focusing on the life and career of former New York mayor and Donald Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani are on the way.
MRC Non-Fiction and Rolling Stone Films are . May 10, 2021
Two feature documentaries focusing on the life and career of former New York mayor and Donald Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani are on the way.
MRC Non-Fiction and Rolling Stone Films are in production on a feature doc based on the 2020
Rolling Stone article “What Happened to America’s Mayor?” by Seth Hettena. It will be directed by Oscar-nominated Zach Heinzerling (
Cutie & The Boxer) and two-time Emmy winner Gabrielle Schonder (
Time s 2001 Person of the Year and a beloved 9/11 leader to Donald Trump s hugely controversial right-hand man. Rarely has a public figure in America fallen so far so fast in the public eye,
Rolling Stone s director of content development Jason Fine said in a statement. As we ve reported on Rudy s downfall his bizarre political manoeuvring, shady business dealings, and now, being under criminal investigation by the same U.S. Attorney s Office in Manhattan that he once ran we see his story as a parable for the dark forces that have shaped American politics.
The project is being produced and financed by MRC Non-Fiction, the company behind Questlove s Sly Stone documentary and Edgar Wright s Sparks brothers documentary.