From Chicago Tribune reporter Bill Ruthharts story on how behind-the-scenes emails show that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuels aides and CNN producers coordinated some scenes for the CNN documentary, Chicagoland: Im not saying these people had editorial control. They didnt, [CNNs Chicagoland creator and executive producer Marc] Levin said of the mayors office. But at the same time, yes, we were sensitive that we were moving through this city and getting access to a lot of places because we had developed a dialogue with the mayor. That dance for access is not uncommon, said Mitchell Block, an expert on documentary films at the University of Southern Californias School of Cinematic Arts. While Block said he hadnt watched Chicagoland, he said that in any documentary, if a filmmakers access to a subject is managed, and not free-ranging, it affects how that person is portrayed. The question is did they really have full access? Block said. If the access was managed, as it sounds like it was, then everything looks perfect all of the time. I personally dont make those kinds of films.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:01:59 +0000
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