Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

Mike Wallace Is Here: Directed by Avi Belkin. With Mike Wallace, Spiro Agnew, Jonathan Alter, Yasser Arafat. A look at the career of 60 Minutes (1968) newsman, Mike Wallace.

“Avi Belkin u0026#39;s documentary, u0026quot;Mike Wallace Is Hereu0026quot; (2019) gives background making history of the investigative journalist, Mike Walkace. It follows in no real order, countless archival footage of interviews with celebrities, artists, poltical figures and even a thirty-something Donald Trump!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a documentary, there is any real breakthrough, but having behind the scene, shows off a candid Wallace is a treat. It tries to present a timeline from his early days from radio to pioneering TV shows likeu0026quot;Night Beatu0026quot; and u0026quot;The Mike Wallace Showu0026quot; to CBSu0026#39;s u0026quot;Sixty Minutesu0026quot; fame.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWallace aa the subject himself has donemany interviews giving moments of inversion. For example, he responded in one of his interviews: u0026quot;thereu0026#39;s nothing to reflect uponu0026quot; as asked when is it time to retire from TV. Also when asked in another interview, about what is feels about US and media of today. He stated u0026quot;its getting worseu0026quot; due to todayu0026#39;s heavy saturation of media news figures, produces a sense of mistrust: whou0026#39;s telling the u0026quot;truthu0026quot;?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis 1h and 30min features aside from Mike Wallace, interviewees from Johnny Carson, Mickey Cohen, Bette Davis to Oprah Winfrey! Oneu0026#39;s of its higlights is when this documentary focuses on the infamous law suit threat from a major tobacco corporation, ironic considering that Wallace, in his early days promoted cigarette products!”