Independent Lens S15E18 · A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times

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A Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time, and how he unleashed the massive scandal that rocked The New York Times and the entire world of journalism.

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5. 5 5. Playwright: From Page to Stage2013-12-16 · 1h 0mThe lives of two outstanding young playwrights — an African American from Miami’s inner city and an Indian American from Cleveland — are brought together inextricably in the proces
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7. 7 7. How to Survive a Plague2013-12-30 · 1h 0mThis acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable conditi
8. 8 8. At Berkeley2014-01-13 · 1h 0mLegendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman goes back to school for this intimate yet sprawling film about the University of California at Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious m
9. 9 9. Blood Brother2014-01-20 · 1h 0mAn intimate portrait of Rocky Braat, who travels to India as a disillusioned tourist. When he meets a group of HIV-positive children living at an AIDS hostel, a place of unspeakabl
10. 10 10. The State of Arizona2014-01-27 · 1h 0mThe turbulent battle over illegal immigration in Arizona that came to a head with Senate Bill 1070 frames this riveting documentary that tracks multiple perspectives as America eye
11. 11 11. Spies of Mississippi2014-02-10 · 1h 0mThe story of the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, a secret agency created by the state during the 1950s to spy on its citizens and maintain segregation. Included: remarks from a
12. 12 12. Las Marthas2014-02-17 · 1h 0mDating from the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, the annual debutante ball in Laredo, Texas is unlike any other. Las Marthas follows two Mexican American girls carrying this
13. 13 13. All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss, and Last Resorts2014-03-24 · 1h 0mA group of women friends who met via the Austin chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance and have tried every diet and diet pill, go through weight-loss surger
14. 14 14. Medora2014-05-31 · 1h 0mThe story of a high school basketball team suffering from a long losing streak in a small town.
15. 15 15. Brother's Hypnotic2014-03-17 · 1h 0mEight brothers who were forged into a band as children by their father, Chicago jazz maverick Phil Cohran, now try to march to their own beat on the streets of New York and in the
16. 16 16. The Trials of Muhammad Ali2014-03-24 · 1h 0mThe story of the explosive crossroads of Muhammad Ali’s life, after the famed boxer’s conversion to Islam and refusal to serve in the Vietnam War left him banned from boxing and fa
17. 17 17. Muscle Shoals2014-03-31 · 1h 0mHow a small town in Alabama became influential in the music of Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Aretha Franklin.
18. 18 18. A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times2014-04-07 · 1h 0mA Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time, and how he unleashed the massive scandal that rocked The New York Times a
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20. 20 20. God Loves Uganda2014-05-05 · 1h 0mInspired by his own African American Baptist roots, director Roger Ross Williams explores a place where religion and African culture intersect, as Ugandan and American pastors spre
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