Rolling Stone and Variety Announce Final Truth Seekers Program and Special Issue Presented by Showtime Documentary Films
variety.comWilliam Earl Variety and Rolling Stone announced on Friday the final lineup for their Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on Aug.
25 in New York. The summit coincides with the Truth Seekers journal, a collaboration between Variety and Rolling Stone. The special issue features a deep dive from Variety’s Addie Morfoot into the heated debate in the non-fiction community on the question of who — and who shouldn’t — have the right to tell the stories that involve historically marginalized communities.
The story also delves into the rise of celebrity-financed biographical productions and whether such titles qualify as documentaries.
Other features include “The 10 Best Documentaries of the Last 10 Years” and a salute to “60 Minutes” veteran Lesley Stahl, recipient of the Variety-Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Award for Media.
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