– To the top. At the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last week, two new documentaries aired, though very different, but have some commonalities. Barbara Walters: Tell me everything and Call her Alextwo-part documentary about PodCaster Alex Cooper now streaming on Hulu, showcases what it takes to reach a male-dominated media business, two very different eras.
Tell me everything Tracing the story of Barbara Walters, the first woman in the United States to co-host the evening news show in the United States, she made her debut on ABC in 1976, destroying the hardest glass ceilings of women on news and television. Director Jackie Jesko’s film follows the barriers Walters viewand her personal struggles. The documentary observes that when she gets married, divorces and has a child, her personal life is often suffering. “Her job is a love for her life,” a spoken head said in front of the camera.
“She is a very ambitious woman who loves work, loves on TV, she loves the excitement of chasing, she loves the game,” Jesko said. “She gets a lot of joy from it, and it doesn’t always have to be a huge personal life that makes someone happy.” Jane Rosenthal, co-founder and CEO of the company behind the Tribeca Film Festival, added: “We grew up with her – you don’t realize what she is really doing as a woman, she’s the only woman in the room, and that’s the kind of battle she has to encounter.”
Still, other eras in the media, including Oprah Winfrey and Katie Couric, define women, reflect the documentary in the documentary about how seeing Walters’ path affects their own choices. Currick said she knew she didn’t want to sacrifice her family life for her career after seeing Walters.
This takes us to the next Tribeca documentary. Alex Cooper Call her dad and the media tycoon behind the unstable network are often referred to as millennials or Genes with Oprah. exist Tell me everything, Winfrey remembers watching Walters learn how to become a live broadcast reporter. Without Barbara, there wouldn’t be Oprah. Without Oprah, there wouldn’t be Alex.
Cooper Built Call her dad In Barstool Sports, another media company that is overwhelmingly male-dominated. Her new documentary traces her growth, College sexual harassment She now says motivating her to never be silent again, and the rise of podcasts.
Decades after Walters’ career, Cooper didn’t have to make the same trade-offs as Walters. Her husband is her business partner. Walters Tell me everythingCooper shares her most personal experiences and challenges with the audience. “She not only built the audience, but also the action,” Rosenthal said in the introduction. Call her Alex. Rather than being invisible by other people’s platforms (such as TV networks), you can build your own platform.
Despite all these obvious differences, watching back to back movies, Cooper and Walters clearly have a lot in common. “I’m a competitive mother*******,” Cooper said. “I’m very hard on myself.”
Despite the changes in the media industry, the driving force needed to reach its peak.
Emma Hinchliffe
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