Sam Pollard
Documentary filmmaker who directed MLK FBI and discusses the FBI's history of surveilling and harassing civil rights leaders, providing historical context and critique in the episode.
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Nov 26, 2024 • 39min
The FBI’s Love Affair with Hollywood
Sam Pollard, documentary filmmaker who made MLK FBI, Jason Leopold, FOIA-driven investigative reporter, and Anne Began, former FBI agent turned entertainment liaison, unpack the FBI-Hollywood relationship. They trace Hoover-era influence, Cold War blacklist ties, how the Bureau advises scripts and sets, FOIA discoveries about edits and branding, and ethical tensions around accuracy versus propaganda.
