Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    93 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2015
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, Haiti
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Barbara Kopple
CAST INCLUDES:
Rev. William Barber II, Bill Moyers, Rachel Maddow

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation is "a spectacular, crowd-pleasing masterwork" (RogerEbert.com), and a vivid look at one of America's oldest magazines. Centered through Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, as well as an illustrious array of passionate writers, the film is a journey into the soul of American Journalism. With unfettered access and unfiltered honesty, Hot Type captures the day-to-day pressures and challenges of publishing a weekly magazine and illuminates how the past continuously ripples through and shapes current events. It is the story of The Nation - and the nation - evolving into the future as it is guided by its remarkable past. Featuring Rev. William Barber II, Bill Moyers, Rachel Maddow, Victor Navasky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ben Jealous, Amy Wilentz, Eric Alterman, Rick Perlstein, Betsy Reed, John Nichols, Richard Kim and many more.

SYNOPSIS

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple examines the history of `The Nation’, the oldest weekly publication in the United States.

Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    93 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2015
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, Haiti
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Barbara Kopple
CAST INCLUDES
Rev. William Barber II, Bill Moyers, Rachel Maddow
Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation is "a spectacular, crowd-pleasing masterwork" (RogerEbert.com), and a vivid look at one of America's oldest magazines. Centered through Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, as well as an illustrious array of passionate writers, the film is a journey into the soul of American Journalism. With unfettered access and unfiltered honesty, Hot Type captures the day-to-day pressures and challenges of publishing a weekly magazine and illuminates how the past continuously ripples through and shapes current events. It is the story of The Nation - and the nation - evolving into the future as it is guided by its remarkable past. Featuring Rev. William Barber II, Bill Moyers, Rachel Maddow, Victor Navasky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ben Jealous, Amy Wilentz, Eric Alterman, Rick Perlstein, Betsy Reed, John Nichols, Richard Kim and many more.

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple examines the history of `The Nation’, the oldest weekly publication in the United States.

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