it was philip graham who owned the washington post who says that journalism is the first rough draft of history. that is a wonderful turn of phrase, except when you realize that no one ever turned in a rough draft. what you see in this case is a really sloppy, shoddy rough draft. in history, we have to be much more mindful to triangulate with multiple sources and to get data more accurately by finding out what historical record covers it. it is ongoing. we felt in this case we would move in stylistically quite differently from other films. it is energetic, but hitting, they have popped that was beginning to develop.-- the hip hop that was beginning to develop. the anarchy that seemed to hit the city. he did that in favor of a war rigorous -- instead of a -- we did that instead of a more rigorous style. we did that in a way to be as journalistic as possible. >> the film takes us back to 1989. it talks about the rush of the media, the public, the legal system. do you recall your own response back then? >> i live and work in a little village in new hampshire. i wanted to work with an ed

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remember, it was philip graham of the "washington post" who said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. that's a wonderful phrase except when you realize that nobody ever turns in a rough draft. and so what we see perhaps in this case is a really sloppy, shoddy rough draft. and in history we have to be much more mindful to try to triangulate with multiple sources, to take states more accurately by finding them, what kind of historical record covered it. so i guess in a sense we are. certainly in this case, because it is in the recent history and journalism and it is ongoing. and we felt in this case we removed it's stylistically quite different from many of our other things. it has an editing pace in places that are energetic. the hip-hop that was beginning to be developed, the fitting the chaos and anarchy that seem to be set this up and is without a narrator, a third person narrator which is a feature of everyone in my fields. we did it in favor, a much more rigorous -- only a few handful of internal title cards that advance the materials were the conversations and the arc

remember, it was philip graham who owns the "washington post" who said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. that's a wonderful phrase except when he realized that nobody ever turned in a rough draft. and so what we see perhaps in this case is a really sloppy, shoddy, rough draft. and in history we have to be much more mindful to try and delete with multiple sources, to fix dates more accurately by finding out what kind of historical record covered it. so i guess in this sense we are. certainly in this case. because it is in the province of recent history and journalism, and it is ongoing, and we felt in this case we removed it, it has an editing phase in places that is energetic but fitting to a hip-hop that was being to be developed, the fitting of the chaos and authority that seemed to be in the city but it without a narrator in which is a feature of everyone of my films. we did that in favor of much more rigorous journalistic presentation, only a handful of internal title cards that advanced materials where the conversations and the archival material didn't permit us to

historical standards of scholarship, which is in many cases much more rigorous -- remember, it was philip graham who owned "the washington post" who said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. is a wonderful turn of phrase, except when you realize that no one ever turns in a rough draft. is awe see in this case really shoddy rough draft. by finding out the kind of historical record covered it. and the recent history and journalism, it is ongoing and we felt in this case, we removed it. it has an editing pace and places that is energetic and fitting. the hip-hop that was beginning to be developed, fitting the chaos and anarchy that seems to have the set of the city. and it is without a narrator. we did that in favor of the more rigorous journalistic presentation. only a hand you of internal title cards that advanced the -- only a-- onlyn handful of internal title cards that advanced the materials. >> the film takes us back to 1989 and talks about the rush to judgment by the media, the public. do you recall your own response back then? >> i live in worked in a little village in new h