Mad for the Movies: Journalism - Shattered Glass

Program Type:

Entertainment & Culture, Movies

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

For the month of September, we will be watching movies about journalism with a focus on issues that journalists in America have grappled with throughout the 20th century.

Tonight, we will be watching Billy Ray's 2003 film "Shattered Glass" starring Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard.  It is rated PG-13.

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

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