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Mike Wallace Is Here
September 20, 2019 - October 6, 2019
Mike Wallace unflinchingly interrogated the biggest figures of the 20th century. During 50 years on the air, his aggressive reporting style and showmanship redefined what America has come to expect from broadcasters.
Deemed the “enemy of the people” by our current president, journalism in America is on the chopping block. Lies, fake news, propaganda, and verbal subterfuge threaten to cripple our First Amendment. This fascinating exposé of 60 Minutes’ fearsome newsman Mike Wallace turns his hard-hitting, no-holds-barred journalistic style loose on Wallace himself, who is considered by many to be the inventor of the form.
Directed by Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin.
2019 | 94 min | presented in part by The New York Times
Wallace’s radically honest, rigorously-researched interviews, designed to hold people accountable, barely seem to exist in 2019. Television needs him now more than ever. – The Wrap
Belkin’s smart, dynamic documentary shares its subject’s slam-bang style. That’s good. Watching it is exhilarating. -The Boston Globe
A sharp, propulsive portrait of the hostile, dignified newsman who may have transformed television news into a weapon of mass destruction. -Indiewire
Friday, Sept 27
Mike Wallace is Here 6:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
Blood in the Mobile – 7:30 – IU Global & International Theater
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – 8:15 IU Fine Arts Theater
Saturday, Sept 28
Mike Wallace is Here 6:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
Blood in the Mobile – 7:30 – IU Radio & Television Theater
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – 8:15 IU Fine Arts Theater
Sunday, Sept 29 at Bear’s Place
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – 5:00 – Last Chance!
Blood in the Mobile – 7:30 – Last Chance!
Friday Oct 4
Mike Wallace is Here – 6:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – 8pm – IU Fine Arts Theater
Saturday, Oct 5
Mike Wallace is Here – 6:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – 8pm – IU Fine Arts Theater
Sunday, Oct 6 at Bear’s Place
Mike Wallace is Here – 5:15 – Last Chance!
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – 7:30