Hot Docs pays it forward to our supporters with this preview screening of one of the hottest new docs of the year.
From The Queen of Versailles to Generation Wealth, award-winning director and photographer Lauren Greenfield has built a career chronicling the tragic excesses of the rich and famous. In her critically-acclaimed latest, she comes face to face with one of the most extravagant women in history: Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines. Decades after her husband Ferdinand’s larcenous regime drove the Marcoses to exile, the indominable—and unrepentant—Imelda is ready to rewrite her family's history of corruption and create a new dynasty. But in an age where fake news and manipulation dominates, her comeback story serves as a dark fairy tale.
Stick around for a conversation with journalist and documentary filmmaker, Michelle Shephard, and news Producer and journalist, Daemon Fairless, as they discuss how we can better consume news and understand corruption and abuses of power in politics.
10:30 AM Doors open
11:00 AM Screening
12:40 PM Post-screening talk