Since this documentary comes from the History Channel, plenty of archival footage is woven in among the experts' commentaries.
The emotional power of both the Jonze footage and Whiteley's documentary comes from knowing what the figures onscreen don't, which is that all the effort and personal exposure will end in failure.
But its charm, if that word can apply to political documentary, comes from computer-generated animations in which bobbing-headed political figures, designed by Tom Richmond of Mad Magazine, try to school one another on the ins and outs of policy.
The power of the documentary comes from the story itself and the way we come to know and care about most of the key individuals involved – including the T-rex.
The second man heard in the documentary comes from a recorded comedy set by comedian Hannibal Burress.
Val, the name of Graham's resulting documentary, comes from both the artist's mother's and son's full names.
The idea for the documentary came from Yarrow's field reporting for a Newsweek feature, "The Abortion War's Special Ops," which follows anti-abortion activist Lila Rose and pro-abortion rights activist Katie Stack.
In further tweets, Stone added: "Strong mind, no sun, friends who visit, work to be done, one documentary coming out from Alex Gibney that is not expected to be kind.
Back in 2013, Priebus -- angry about a Hillary Clinton miniseries in production at NBC, and a Hillary documentary by Charles Ferguson coming from CNN -- threatened to sanction the two networks.
But before we celebrate more than our survival over three decades, it's worth assessing where those of us who make high-end risky documentaries have come from and where we're likely to go.
