Caught in the clash between documentary, embellishment and a $US170 million lawsuit, getting the facts straight on TV has never been more important.
was supposed to be the streaming platform’s breakout hit of 2024, but has instead become a legal headache for the streamer worth a potential $US170 million payout to English-bornThat case has now become a crucible in which the traditional playing pieces of documentary, docudrama and “based-on-a-true-story” television dramas are being put to the torch. At stake? The boundary between documentary and “true crime” or “true life” fiction.
That series, about a devastating real-life government scandal in which faulty software created apparent cash shortfalls in British post offices which then prompted the government to pursue improper prosecutions for fraud, made a tectonic landing in the schedule earlier this year. Creating a visual narrative for that story in documentary would have been challenging, journalist Chiara Avesani, who works for the Italian public broadcaster RAI, told the forum. “If you were thinking of doing a documentary about that you would need animation or reconstruction, so I believe there is a reason why some important current affairs topics can be more impactfully conveyed through fiction,” she said.slid off the rails requires an approach from a number of pathways, the forum was told.
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