She is as beautiful as a movie star, more charismatic than most,
and, given the current national Hillary-crush, there is no dearth of
media interest in our girl. On the heels of the news, a few months
ago, of a still uncast movie about Hillary's post-law school days in
Washington,
Rodham, and
NBC's Saturday announcement
of a miniseries with Diane Lane as Hillary Clinton from First Lady
through Secretary of State, comes the news from CNN of a planned
documentary about Hillary wherein casting will be unnecessary. This
time Hillary will play Hillary and there will be no jockeying for
roles.
CNN Films has tapped documentary filmmaker Charles H. Ferguson to
direct a feature-length documentary about former Hillary Clinton,
POLITICO has learned.
"CNN is very pleased to be working with Academy-Award winner Charles
Ferguson on the film, which will be released in theaters and air on
CNN," Allison Gollust, the network's senior vice president of
communications, told POLITICO on Monday. The release date has yet to be
determined.
The film adds yet another installment to the growing list of
Hillary-related television projects and books slated for release before
the 2016 presidential campaign. But is also presents a potential image
problem for CNN's News division as it covers Clinton in the run up to her highly anticipated bid for the White House.
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