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Many politicians have seen their careers go off the tracks, but few instances have been captured so completely on film as the incisive and painfully funny WEINER. With unprecedented access to Anthony Weiner, his family, and his campaign team as they mount his New York City mayoral campaign, the film documents the impending political meltdown of epic proportions.
Director: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
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DOWNLOAD SWEDISH DISCUSSION GUIDE HERE
“On the merits and dangers of exposure in the new documentary directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Sternberg.”
Read it on MUBI.
“It’s a very risky behavior, and I guess in that sense, it seems like more of an addiction issue, because if you’re an addict, your judgment is so skewed. Obviously, he could not stop himself. . . .”
Read the full article on Vanity Fair.
The movie was already fascinating. Recent events have made it even more so.
Read the full article on VOX.
A guide to some of the more notable public embarrassments over the last four decades and how individual politicians weathered the storm provided by the Washington Post.
“In a fascinating piece in this week’s New York Times Magazine, Yale professor Beverly Gage uncovers the uncensored version of a letter sent by the FBI’s William Sullivan to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964. In an attempt to discredit the civil-rights leader and drive him from power—and perhaps even to suicide—Sullivan, one of Director J. Edgar Hoover’s deputies, warned King in graphic terms that his extramarital affairs were public knowledge.”
Find out more on the Atlantic.
Why do these kinds of scandals so rarely happen with female politicians?
Fins out here.
