Medium Cool
Beyond the age of innocence...into the age of awareness.
Dramachicago, illinoisvietnam warpolice brutalitypresidential electionjournalismpolitical activismnational guardhistorical eventpolitical protestcinéma véritémother son relationshipdemocratic party
A politically urgent, formally experimental documentary-inflected drama about a journalist's awakening to institutional complicity and the erosion of truth in an age of surveillance and social upheaval.
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.
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