Producer Alex Gibney talks exclusively about turning leaked recordings of police probes into a damning documentary
When footage of Benjamin Netanyahu being interrogated by police fell into Alex Gibney’s lap, the documentary filmmaker knew he had to do something with it. Gibney is no stranger to controversial subjects, having forged a career documenting individuals and institutions mired in controversy, from Big Pharma amid the US opioid crisis to Enron and the Church of Scientology.
Bloom’s decision to show it as a work in progress provoked Netanyahu to file a lawsuit in an attempt to block the screening from going ahead. The lawsuit failed, but the publicity it generated gifted the filmmakers with enough fundraising muscle to get the film finished. The impact of the Toronto screening also gave encouragement to nervy distributors that there was an audience for the film.
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