Documentary HackMike Wallace is HereBy Avi Belkin
In a Nutshell
This 2019 documentary film offers a portrait of legendary American journalist Mike Wallace, whose interviewees include Martin Luther King Jr., Oprah Winfrey, and Ayatollah Khomeini.
Favorite Quote
You might have invented nailing someone on camera.
Stephen Colbert, talk show host, on Mike Wallace
Introduction
Mike Wallace, a television journalist whose career spanned seven decades, is credited as the father of no-holds-barred interviews.
Having asked direct, insightful, and often controversial questions of the world's leading artists, politicians, activists, and actors, from Salvador Dalí to Malcolm X, Wallace's journalistic style inspired many who followed.
In his 2019 feature-length documentary, Israeli filmmaker Avi Belkin condenses over 1,400 hours of archival footage to capture Wallace's career.
Mike Wallace is Here is a deeply 'meta' documentary, combining clips of Wallace as both interviewer and interviewee to create this candid biography.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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