The People and the Power Game

In this two part series, filmmakers look at the expanding influence of money and media on American politics…and what that means for the American public.

Director: Hedrick Smith
Producers: Pat Roddy, Barak Goodman

Production Company
Hedrick Smith Productions

Release Date
September 1, 1996

A four hour mini-series examining the power of the Unelected (the media and lobbies) as well as the interplay of power between the Republican-led Congress of Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole versus President Bill Clinton. The program takes viewers behind the headlines and the network news to see how print and broadcast journalists operate in a news world increasingly dominated by network ratings and tabloid-driven news stories.