Episode 706: Mike Wallace Is Here / This Is Not a Movie

For our final episode of Season 7, we invite Patricia Aufderheide, of American University, back on the show (she was Bart’s interview subject, discussing her role in developing the modern rules of Fair Use, on our August 28 bonus episode). The theme this time is the role of journalism in today’s world (and how we got here), as we review the new documentary Mike Wallace Is Here and Chris interviews director Yung Chang of This Is Not a Movie, about the journalist Robert Fisk. It’s been an exciting season, with a different guest host for each episode. Stay tuned for more foggy truths ahead, first with a few more bonuses in the months ahead, and then with a new season early in 2020. Enjoy! Group Review Documentary: MIKE WALLACE IS HERE (Avi Belkin, 2019) Still in select theaters, and out on DVD as of October 29 Film Featured in Interview Portion: THIS IS NOT A MOVIE (Yung Chang, 2019) Currently playing in festivals Other Books, Films, Shows and Sites Mentioned: Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (Peter Wintonick, 1999) The Corporation (Jennifer Abbott/Mark Achbar) Decade of Fire (Gretchen Hildebran/Vivian Vazquez, 2019) Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940) The Fruit Hunters (Yung Chang) From Beirut to Bosnia (Michael Dutfield, 1993) Independent Television Service (ITVS) Made in Boise (Beth Aala, 2019) Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Mark Achbar/Peter Wintonick, 1992) Night Beat Owning Mahowny (Richard Kwietniowski, 2003) Picture of Light (Peter Mettler, 1994) Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (Sam Dunn/Scot McFadyen, 2010) Seeing Is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News (Peter Wintonick, 2002) 60 Minutes 60 Minutes and the News: A Mythology for Middle America (Richard Campbell, 1991) Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012) Tell Me Who I Am (Ed Perkins, 2019) The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers This Is Not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb/Jafar Panahi, 2011) Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983) Links to review and interview by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Film Festival Today review of Mike Wallace Is Here Film Festival Today interview with Avi Belkin of Mike Wallace Is Here Hammer to Nail review of This Is Not a Movie Timestamps: 00:37 – Intro 04:39 – Group Discussion of MIKE WALLACE IS HERE 18:54 – Chris interviews Yung Chang of THIS IS NOT A MOVIE 42:46 – Doc Talk Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com [email protected] Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed