Dan Rather tweeted “I am humbled and honored to share some exciting news. A lot of very talented people have produced a documentary about this reporter’s life.” A puff piece movie honoring Rather with actors wasn’t enough. Now there’s a gushy Rather “nonfiction” film.
Variety‘s Michael Schneider set the stage:
Netflix has set Rather, the documentary about veteran journalist Dan Rather‘s landmark career in news for an April 24 premiere on the streamer. The feature utilizes the story of Rather’s life on television to also explore the evolution of broadcast journalism, the troubles a free press now faces, along with the slide of American society from hard-fought advances in social justice and democratic freedoms. The doc first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last June.
Film producer and director Frank Marshall, who founded Amblin…
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