After Truth: Disinformation And The Cost Of Fake News

Name: After Truth: Disinformation And The Cost Of Fake News
Released: 2020-9-19
Cast: Aaron Rich, Will Sommer, Kara Swisher, Oliver Darcy, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

NR
1h 35m
2020

100%

In this illuminating documentary, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Rossi, journalists, educators and researchers working to expose "fake news" discuss its real-life, high-stakes consequences. Drawing from exclusive verite access to the victims and perpetrators of fake news stories and a variety of experts, as well as purveyors and targets of misinformation, "After Truth" sheds light on some of the most dire examples of post-truth culture. The film focuses on several high-profile fake news stories from recent years. Enlightening, galvanizing and unnerving, this feature-length documentary analyzes the human toll of disinformation to paint a dynamic portrait of a phenomena that is said to jeopardize the very future of American democracy.

Director:

Andrew Rossi

Producer:

Andrew Rossi, Lisa Heller, Brian Stelter, Nancy Abraham

Cast:

Aaron Rich, Will Sommer, Kara Swisher, Oliver Darcy, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Jack Berkman, Molly Mckew, James Alefantis, Yochai Benkler, Scott Shane, Elizabeth Williamson, Keith Alexander, Jerome Corsi, Adam Goldman

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

100%

Critics Consensus: Expansive in scope and methodically researched, After Truth is a chilling thesis on how disinformation corrodes every corner of society.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Jeffrey M. Anderson

One journalist compares sorting through "fake news" to "bathing in garbage," and, indeed, this documentary is a very tough sit, but it also offers tools for viewers to start identifying this poison.

Whether people are politically liberal, conservative or somewhere in between, the main takeaway from After Truth is that ... it's up to news audiences to be more pro-active in finding out the truth instead of believing stories at face value.

July 15, 2020

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London Evening Standard

Susannah Butter

Rossi and Stelter tell a compelling story - one that you wish was fake news. This has devastating human costs and it appears too big to fail.

[It] tackles disinformation and fake news, and is especially timely in the midst of the novel coronavirus.

March 20, 2020

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