SCANDALOUS
Documentary Feature | 96 minutes

HIFF 2018

 Spotlight

Directed by
Mark Landsman

Produced by
Aengus James, Colin King Miller, Mark Landsman, Jennifer Ash Rudick, Kristen Vaurio

2019 | English | USA

For over 60 years, The National Enquirer has been at the center of the American public’s fascination with the rich and famous, as its salacious headlines and coverage of events—ranging from Elvis’s death to the O.J. murder trial—have fueled the darkest curiosities of a hungry audience. With rare archival footage and revelations about the alleged blackmail and payoffs used to get their most defining scoops, SCANDALOUS presents an expansive and probing look into the true story of the most infamous tabloid in U.S. history, charting how it pushed its own particular brand of fake news from the fringe to the mainstream.