Published by Candi Thomas
The headlines are loud but the movies are timeless. Movies not only entertain us, they can help us understand and navigate the moment we're living in. They can make us laugh, cry, love and learn. This is why movies matter. Source Material: Wikipedia, IMDb & freemusicarchive.com
Listen on Apple PodcastsIn 1977, former President Richard Nixon decides to break his silence. He agrees to an all-inclusive interview meant to confront lingering questions about his time in office, specifically the Watergate scandal that ended his Presidency. Sitting across from him is David Frost, a breezy British television host, who many mistakenly believe is not up to the challenge.
In 2019, a producer from BBC's Newsnight works to secure Prince Andrew's infamous interview, in which he discussed his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
In 1971, the publisher of The Washington Post and her hard-hitting editor revealed a cover-up that spanned four U.S Presidencies. What followed was an unprecedented battle between journalists and their government.
A CNN news crew arrives in Baghdad after the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and ends up delivering the story of a lifetime.
During the 1972 Presidential election, Washington Post reporters expose the Watergate scandal; shining a light on the corruption and covert operations inside the Nixon administration.
Investigative reporters from the Boston Globe uncover a massive scandal of child molestation and cover up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to it's core.
Veteran journalist Edward R Murrow decides it's time to publicly confront Senator Joseph McCarthy; a man who led a campaign of political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals in America during the early 1950s.
New York Times investigative reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey work tirelessly to publish one of the most important stories of the decade. It will uncover systemic sexual assault in Hollywood and help bring one of it's most powerful men to justice.
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg & her husband Marty team up with the ACLU to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S Court of Appeals. The case could be the catalyst to overturning a century of gender discrimination.
Two U.S Marines are being court-martialed for the murder of a fellow Marine. They claim they were just following orders, but the fact that the order was unlawful will complicate their defense strategy.
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity.
The true store of attorney Rob Bilott and his decades-long battle to expose the chemical company DuPont, which knowingly contaminated a community's drinking water with toxic chemicals.
A jury is deliberating the guilt or innocence of an 18 year old boy accused of murdering his father. What seems like an open and shut case gets flipped upside down when Juror #8 expresses reasonable doubt.
The story of Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler magazine, and the legal battles he was forced to fight to preserve the right to freedom of speech.
Rookie lawyer Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company after they deny coverage for a young man's life saving bone marrow transplant. In doing so, he uncovers a pattern of systemic denials, mostly targeting their poorest clients.
A replay from Season 1 of Cinema Sunday. An inexperienced lawyer from New York defends his cousin who is wrongfully accused murder in Alabama.
In 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving are convicted for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924. This begins a legal battle that would end at the U.S. Supreme Court as the couple fights to legitimize their marriage.
A high school science teacher is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution instead of the Biblical teachings as required by state law. The trial becomes a much needed public debate between conformity and free thought.
Andrew Beckett is in for the fight of his life when he sues his employer for wrongful termination. He claims he was fired when it was discovered he has AIDS, but the ensuing trial also examines the widespread fear and loathing the general public has of the gay community.
In 1969, seven anti-Vietnam war protesters were charged with conspiracy and inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The resulting trial was an examination of the 1st Amendment right to protest and what happens when the police and US military are used against American citizens.