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Robert Scheer: Above the Fold (2019)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Brogan De Paor, Julie M. Thompson

Synopsis

A documentary on the six-decades long career of a muckraking journalist, who was involved with the radical 196os magazine Ramparts, with the Los Angeles Times newspaper, and later with the Internet website Truthdig.

Actors

Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer
Self
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Self
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Self
Norman Lear
Norman Lear
Self
Alice Waters
Alice Waters
Self

Crews

Brogan De Paor
Brogan De Paor
Director
Julie M. Thompson
Julie M. Thompson
Director
Pei Pei Chung
Pei Pei Chung
Music
Brogan De Paor
Brogan De Paor
Cinematography
Brogan De Paor
Brogan De Paor
Editor

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