#SmallScreenScenes @BillClinton #WhomYouKnow A&E PREMIERES “THE IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON” FROM ALEX GIBNEY ON 11/18 @AETV
A&E NETWORK TO PREMIERE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“THE IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON” (working title)
FROM AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER ALEX GIBNEY
AND DIRECTOR BLAIR FOSTER
THREE-NIGHT SPECIAL EVENT BEGINS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18
FEATURING EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS FROM THOSE CLOSEST TO
THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS INCLUDING
MONICA LEWINSKY, KEN STARR AND JAMES CARVILLE
Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the impeachment proceedings of former President Bill Clinton, A&E Network will premiere the comprehensive six-part documentary series “The Impeachment of Bill Clinton” (w.t.) from Academy Award® and Emmy®-winning producer Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Emmy®-winning director Blair Foster. Weaving together never-before-seen archival footage with exclusive new interviews, the series examines the biggest political scandal of a generation and its lasting influence and reverberations on our country. Exploring broader topics including media, feminism, politics and power, the documentary investigates the history leading up to the impeachment trial and chronicles the role each of these forces played in this story of sex, power, money, lies and ideological warfare.
Beginning Sunday, November 18 from 9-11pm ET/PT, the limited documentary event unfolds over three consecutive nights and traces the twisted, intertwined series of events that led to the impeachment trial that set the nation on the path towards a more staunchly partisan political system. The series features arresting archival footage as well as comprehensive interviews with the people closest to the events including a timely, in-depth reflection on the topic with Monica Lewinsky.
“A real-life political thriller, ‘The Impeachment of Bill Clinton’ is the most in-depth and intimate account of how one of the biggest scandals in our nation’s history unfolded, forever changing the landscape of American politics,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive Vice President & Head of Programming, A&E. “Alex, Blair and the rest of our incredible creative team masterfully take viewers through the events that divided the nation, while exploring the deeper conversations that resulted from them about sexism, harassment and public shaming that the country still wrestles with today.”
“I thought I knew a lot about President Clinton's impeachment because I lived through it. However, when I began this project, I quickly realized much of what I thought I knew was incomplete, or worse, inaccurate,” comments series director Blair Foster. “My goal for this series was to do a deep dive into the facts and speak to as many people as possible who were involved. The deeper I got the clearer it became that this series is as much about the present day as it is about the 1990s. To borrow a phrase from Barbara Tuchman, this series serves as a ‘distant mirror’ on our current political situation and is far more timely than I ever anticipated.”
“Blair has done magnificent work with this mini-series. She takes a story we thought we all knew and shows it to us in an entirely new light,” adds executive producer Alex Gibney. “Through the testimony of an extraordinary number of key participants, Blair illuminates the origins of today's political chicanery and tribalism, the media madness of scandal and the way that individuals – with all their messy, contradictory and deeply human motivations – are sacrificed at the altar of power and ambition.”
Additionally, “The Impeachment of Bill Clinton” features a full range of interviews from key players and observers who were intimately involved in this long standing political drama:
Jill Abramson, Journalist - The New York Times (1997 - 2014)
Jay Apperson, Former Deputy Independent Counsel
Peter Baker, Journalist - The Washington Post (1988 - 2008)
Bob Barr, Former Congressman (R-GA)
Bob Bennett, Former Lawyer for Bill Clinton
Steve Binhak, Former Associate Independent Counsel
Bob Bittman, Former Deputy Independent Counsel
Jim Blair, Clinton Friend & Advisor
Sidney Blumenthal, Former Senior Advisor to Bill Clinton
Juanita Broaddrick, Arkansas businesswoman
David Brock, Journalist - The American Spectator (1992 - 1997)
Joseph Cammarata, Former Lawyer for Paula Jones
Susan Carpenter-McMillan, Former Spokeswoman for Paula Jones
James Carville, Former Political Strategist for Bill Clinton
Joe Conason, Co-author, The Hunting of the President
Tom Daschle, Former Senator (D-SD)
Len Downie, Executive Editor - The Washington Post (1991 - 2008)
W. Hickman Ewing Jr., Former Deputy Independent Counsel
James Fisher, Former Lawyer for Paula Jones
Robert Fiske, Former Independent Counsel
Barney Frank, Former Congressman (D-MA)
Jeff Gerth, Journalist - The New York Times (1976 - 2005)
Lucianne Goldberg, Literary Agent
James Hamilton, Washington Attorney
Rusty Hardin, Former Associate Independent Counsel
Patricia Ireland, Former President - National Organization for Women
Michael Isikoff, Journalist - Newsweek (1994 - 2010)
Cliff Jackson, Arkansas Attorney and Classmate of Bill Clinton
William Ray Jahn, Former Associate Independent Counsel
Paula Corbin Jones, Former Plaintiff in Jones v Clinton
Joe Klein, Journalist - Newsweek (1992 - 1996)
Monica Lewinsky, Former White House Intern and Staffer
Bob Livingston, Former Congressman (R-LA)
Joe Lockhart, Former White House Press Secretary
Trent Lott, Former Senator (R-MS)
Gene Lyons, Co-author, The Hunting of the President
Ann McDaniel, Washington Bureau Chief - Newsweek (1996 - 1998)
Susan McDougal, Former Whitewater Investor
Dick Morris, Former Clinton Pollster
Lisa Myers, Correspondent - NBC News (1981-2014)
Jennifer Palmieri, Former Deputy White House Press Secretary
Todd Purdum, White House Correspondent - The New York Times (1994 -1997)
Robert Ray, Former Independent Counsel
Larry Sabato, Political Scientist
Amy Sabrin, Former Attorney for Bill Clinton
Jane Sherburne, Former White House Special Counsel
David Shuster, Former Journalist for KATV Little Rock (‘94 - ‘96)
Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel
Danny Traylor, Former Lawyer for Paula Jones
Bruce Udolf, Former Associate Independent Counsel
John Whitehead, Founder of Rutherford Institute
Kathleen Willey, Former White House Volunteer and Staffer
Solomon Wisenberg, Former Deputy Independent Counsel
“The Impeachment of Bill Clinton” (w.t.) is produced for A&E Network by Jigsaw Productions and Instinct Productions. Alex Gibney, Blair Foster and Stacey Offman serve as executive producers for Jigsaw Productions. Jemima Khan and Henrietta Conrad serve as executive producers for Instinct Productions. Rich Perello serves as co-executive producer and Trevor Davidoski as producer for Jigsaw. Executive producers for A&E are Elaine Frontain Bryant, Molly Thompson and Evan Lerner. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights to “The Impeachment of Bill Clinton.”
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