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NOBODY SPEAK: HULK HOGAN, GAWKER AND TRIALS OF A FREE PRESS

By Brian KNAPPENBERGER

SUBMARINE ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES

Completed 2016


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Sundance Film Festival 2017
U.S. Documentaries
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    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Brian KNAPPENBERGER
    • Synopsis
    • When online tabloid Gawker posted a sex tape starring former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, a high-stakes legal battle pitting privacy rights against the First Amendment ensued. Hogan won the case and the staggering settlement he received not only bankrupted Gawker and its founder Nick Denton, but also exposed a controversial, behind-the-scenes benefactor: Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel.

      Whether you love or hate Gawker, Brian Knappenberger’s gripping polemic reveals the forces that really brought down the news portal. Taking examples like Sheldon Adelson’s purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, this compelling documentary illustrates a growing, sinister trend at odds with our country’s free press. Corporate executives, titans, and billionaires are tipping the balance on the public’s access to news, posing new threats to society’s relationship to the truth.

      Knappenberger’s knack for capturing timely and provocative shifts in the new digital era is instinctive. Fusing exhaustive interviews with Denton, commentators, and journalists NOBODY SPEAK weaves a disturbing, fascinating tale of power and truth whose moral runs to the core of democracy.
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