• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Leaving Neverland Facts

  • Facts
  • Dan Reed
  • Wade Robson
  • James Safechuck
  • Documents
  • Contact Us
  • Michael Jackson

‘Neverland’ Ethics Questioned as Michael Jackson Lawyers Speak at Documentaries Panel

June 6, 2019 by Leaving Neverland Facts

The controversy over HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” is part of a bigger debate that goes back a good century. Film scholars have been arguing about the reality, truth and objectivity of the documentary film since at least Robert Flaherty’s pioneering 1922 epic “Nanook of the North,” and probably all the way back to Thomas Edison’s “Sneeze” kinescope, according to International Documentary Association director Carrie Lozano.

Lozano was one of the panelists for “Truth Be Told? Documentary Films Today,” a discussion that brought together two rival schools as sponsors; the UCLA School of Law Ziffren Center and USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism combined forces to co-host the event Tuesday night on the UCLA campus.

Moderated by UCLA School of Law’s First Amendment expert Dale Cohen (pictured above, left), the panel also included powerhouse entertainment lawyers John Branca (above, center) and Howard Weitzman — both embroiled in the controversy over HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” in their roles representing the estate of Michael Jackson — along with veteran director Taylor Hackford (wife Helen Mirren was an interested observer) and USC Professor of Communications Christopher Smith.

Read full article here.

Filed Under: News

Previous Post How Leaving Neverland Showed Us A Side of #MeToo We Didn’t Acknowledge
Next Post The Greats: The Miami Times choices of the top 10 singers of the past decades.

Primary Sidebar

Help Preserve Michael’s Legacy

    _______________________

    Follow Us

    • Twitter
    • YouTube

    _______________________

    THE ACCUSERS

    _______________________

    Tweets by NeverlandFacts

    _______________________

    Recent Posts

    • Broadway Grosses Analysis: MJ and Leopoldstadt Set House Records
    • Michael Jackson Musical ‘MJ’ Announces London Production
    • Michael Jackson “Thriller” 40th Anniversary Details
    • Myles Frost Talks About the Impact of Playing Michael Jackson on Broadway
    • 2022 Tony Award Nominations: A Strange Loop, MJ, Paradise Square Lead the Pack

     
    READ MORE

    _______________________

    Categories

    • Documents
    • Facts
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Reed
    • Robson
    • Safechuck
    • Statements
    • Testimonial
    • Video

    _______________________

    Copyright 2019