Showtime making documentary on New York Times in age of Trump
Brian Stelter (CNN Money) -- Since Inauguration Day, a documentary filmmaker has been embedded inside The New York Times, working on a film about the acclaimed news organization in the age of Trump. The project, produced and directed by Liz Garbus, is being financed by the Showtime network , according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deal. The tentative title, subject to change, is "The Fourth Estate." Showtime anticipates intense interest in the film, given the Times' many scoops and scrapes involving the Trump presidency. The sources said Showtime envisions a multi- night television premiere for the film sometime in 2018. One of the sources said it will air in four parts, the same way Oliver Stone's "The Putin Interviews" recently did. But first the Times film may go on the festival circuit. Garbus's two most recent films, "Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper," for HBO, and "What Happened, Miss S...