Rolling Stone and Variety Announce Final Truth Seekers Program and Special Issue presented by Showtime Documentary Films
Variety and Rolling Stone announced today the final lineup for their Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Showtime Documentary Films, on August 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 nonfiction 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.
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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.
Agenda times listed in ET below:
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Truth Seekers Award and Keynote Conversation with Lesley Stahl, Emmy Award-Winning Correspondent, 60 Minutes
Interviewed by Cynthia Littleton, co-editor-in-chief, Variety
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Talk Trendsetters Roundtable
Moderator: Noah Shachtman, editor-in-chief, Rolling Stone
Panelists:
Jordan Klepper, Correspondent, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Samantha Bee, Executive Producer and Host, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Soledad O’Brien, Host and Producer
11:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Keynote Conversation with W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer and Director, We Need to Talk About Cosby
Interviewed by Jason Newman, news director, Rolling Stone
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Newsmakers
Moderator: Brian Steinberg, senior TV editor, Variety
Panelists:
Rashida Jones, president, MSNBC
Neeraj Khemlani, president, CBS News
Sara Just, senior executive producer, PBS NewsHour Productions
2:20 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Truth Seekers Award for Documentary Filmmaking and Keynote Conversation Presented to Barbara Kopple
Interviewed by: Thelma Adams, contributor, Variety
2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Conversation with Ramin Bahrani, Filmmaker
Interviewed by: David Fear, senior editor and critic, Rolling Stone
3:10 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. True Crime Visionaries Presented by Rolling Stone
Moderator: Brenna Ehrlich, chief research editor, Rolling Stone
Panelists:
Rebecca Jarvis, host, The Dropout podcast and executive producer, The Dropout
Joe Berlinger, filmmaker, Paradise Lost, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Elizabeth Cole, executive producer, ‘Dateline,’ and president, NBC News Studios and executive producer, The Thing About Pam
Marc Smerling, executive producer, Mind Over Murder. producer and cinematographer, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
Subrata De, EVP & global head of programming and development, VICE News
Register for the virtual livestream of the event at variety.com/truthseekers
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