City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

The Clinton affair, the scandal that almost took down an American president

eng

videorecording

Censorship classification : M - Mature themes and sexual references

The Clinton affair

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the scandal that almost took down an American president

January 2018 will mark 20 years since the start of the investigation that led to only the second impeachment trial in America's history. Now, it is not only a new century, but there have been seismic shifts in all aspects of our culture since the Clinton impeachment scandal unfolded across the global headlines of 1998. This six-part documentary series from Academy Award winning documentary director Alex Gibney, focuses on the extraordinary sequence of events, which are an indelible part of American identity. It is a story of a vast right wing conspiracy against the Clintons and a West Wing conspiracy against Monica Lewinsky, of Americans divided both along party lines and within themselves, as the nation was quick to condemn the behaviour of the president and Lewinsky, yet unable to look away. Sex, power, money, secrecy, lies, betrayal, ideological warfare; the series will play out like an elaborate political thriller. The producers have exclusive access to Monica Lewinsky, her family and her legal archive and extraordinary access to some of the other principals in the story

Episodes : Handing the sword to the enemy -- The blue pass - Mixed messages -- Room 1012 -- State of the union -- The will of the people

adult

live action