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A FRAGILE TRUST NATIONAL PBS BROADCAST
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UPCOMING SCREENINGS
PAST SCREENINGS
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
•December 17th, viagra 40mg
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UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
•November 21st, see
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KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY
•November 13th, 2014 @ 5pm
MINNESOTA JOURNALISM CENTER
•November 3rd, 2014 @ 6:30pm
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
•October 28th, 2014 @ 6pm
BUTLER UNIVERSITY
•October 27th, 2014 @ 9pm (Filmmaker via Skype)
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
•October 20th, 2014 @ 6pm (Filmmaker in person)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
•October 17th, 2014 @ 6pm (Filmmaker in person)
YALE UNIVERSITY
•October 16th, 2014 @ 7pm (Filmmaker in person)
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
•October 15th, 2014 @ 7pm (Filmmaker via Skype)
SPJ HOUSTON
•September 30th, 2014 @ 7:00pm (at The Printing Museum, 1324 W. Clay St., Houston, TX)
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY
•September 17th, 2014 @ 7pm (Filmmaker Q&A via Skype)
THE NEW PARKWAY
•September 9th, 2014 @ 7pm (Filmmaker in person)
NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS CONVENTION
•September 6th, 2014 @ 7pm
TURNITIN PLAGIARISM CONFERENCE
•June 16-18, 2014
DOCUMENTARY EDGE FESTIVAL
•June 2, 2014 @ 6:15pm
•May 26, 2014 @ 4pm
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
•Wed May 21, 2014 @ 5:00pm (Annenberg Auditorium)
SEATTLE TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
•Friday May 9, 2014 @ 6:00pm
DOXA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•Sunday May 4, 2014 @ 4:15pm
•Tuesday May 6, 2014 @ 3:15pm
SPECIAL SCREENING at RAFAEL FILM CENTER (San Rafael,CA)
•Wed. April 23, 2014 @ 7:00pm
SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE at ROXIE THEATER
•Thurs. April 17, 2014 @ 7:00pm
KANSAS CITY FILM FESTIVAL
•Saturday April 12, 2014 @ 5:15pm
A FRAGILE TRUST OPENS NATIONALLY IN THEATERS
•Friday, April 11 – Thursday, April 17, 2014, 4:30pm & 7:30pm Daily
SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL
•Tues. April 8, 2014 @ 4:30pm
•Wed. April 9, 2014 @ 3:45pm
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY-NEWHOUSE SCHOOL
•Tues. April 8, 2014 @ 7:00pm
RIVER RUN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•Saturday April 5, 2014 @ 4:30pm
•Sunday April 6, 2014 @ 4:30pm
•Monday April 7, 2014 @ 2:30pm
GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL
•Saturday April 5, 2014 @ 3:00pm
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•Thurs. March 20, 2014 @ 9:00pm at Apollo Theater
•Thurs. March 27, 2014 @ 9:45pm with FilmForum
•Friday March 28, 2014 @ 4:15pm with FilmForum
AMERICAN COPY EDITORS SOCIETY CONFERENCE
(Planet Hollywood Casinos- Las Vegas, NV)
•Sat March 22, 2014 @ 12:15pm
SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
(Washington D.C. Regional Conference)
•Saturday March 29, 2014
SEBASTOPOL FILM FESTIVAL
•Saturday March 29, 2014 @ 7pm
ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•Sunday March 30, 2014 @11:30am
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•Thurs. March 20, 2014 @ 3:00pm
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
•10 Mar 2014 @ 5:00pm
BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
•18 Feb 2014 @ 7:00pm
HOT DOCS: DOC SOUP- Featured Film
•8 Jan 2014 @ 6:30pm
•9 Jan 2014 @ 6:45pm & 9:00pm
DOC NYC
•16 Nov 2013 @ 7:00pm
•10 Nov 2013 @ 4:00pm
•11 Nov 2013 @ 9:00pm
•12 Nov 2013 @ 4:00pm
EAST LANSING FILM FESTIVAL
•9 Nov 2013 @ 4:00pm and 9:00pm
•11 Nov 2013 @ 4:00pm
FORT LAUDERDALE FILM FESTIVAL
•24 Oct 2013 @ 3:30pm
•25 Oct 2013 @ 6:00pm
•26 Oct 2013 @ 6:30pm
•28 Oct 2013 @ 5:30pm
HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
•20 Oct 2013 @ 7:30pm
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•18 Oct 2013 @ 6:15pm
•19 Oct 2013 @ 1:45pm
ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
•17 Oct 2013 @ 10:30am
US PREMIER
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
•11 Oct 2013 @ 3:45pm
•12 Oct 2013 @ 1:30pm
UC BERKELEY
•27 Aug 2013 @ 6:30pm
WORLD PREMIER
SHEFFIELD DOC FEST, Sheffield, England UK
•15 Jun 2013 @ 15:30
•16 Jun 2013 @ 13:00
A FRAGILE TRUST tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, drug
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. In 2003 Blair was caught plagiarizing the work of other reporters and supplementing his own reporting with fabricated details in dozens of different stories published in the Times. The ensuing media frenzy left a major blemish on the history of the ‘Old Grey Lady’, which just a year earlier won a record 7 Pulitzer prizes for its coverage of 9/11. It was a spectacular fall for both Blair and the paper. The daily operations of the Times newsroom became a public spectacle as every major news outlet picked up the story and ran with it. The fact that Blair is African-American was emphasized again and again as accounts of the ‘Blair Affair’ served up sordid details in a soap-opera style tale of deception, drug abuse, racism, mental illness, hierarchy, white guilt, and power struggles inside the hallowed halls of the New York Times.
Through the course of the film, we follow Blair as he slowly unravels in the face of mounting pressures and distractions. Starting with his ‘reporting’ of the plagiarized article that ultimately lead to his undoing, we trace the rise and fall of this fascinating young reporter as he clings to his career at the Times even as he is losing his mind.
The Jayson Blair scandal is at the most basic level a compelling, character-driven narrative about an important chapter in the history of journalism. It is also a complex story about power, ethics, representation, race, and accountability in the mainstream media. Featuring exclusive interviews with everyone involved, including former Executive Editor Howell Raines and Blair himself, A FRAGILE TRUST is the first film to tell the whole sordid story of the scandal while exploring these deeper themes. With more and more publications moving to online-only formats and plagiarism on the rise, this cautionary tale about the slippery slope of ethical transgressions is more relevant than ever.
