Hall of Mirrors

Q&A journalist Edward Jay Epstein, filmmakers Ines Talakic & Ena Talakic with JBFC Founder Steve Apkon

2017. 87 m. Ines & Ena Talakic. US. English. Rated NR.

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In this riveting documentary portrait, the great nonpartisan investigative reporter Edward Jay Epstein—still going strong at 81—takes us through his most notable articles and books, including close looks at the findings of the Warren Commission, the structure of the diamond industry, the strange career of Armand Hammer, and the inner workings of big-time journalism itself. These are interwoven with an in-progress investigation into the circumstances around Edward Snowden’s 2013 leak of classified documents, resulting in Epstein’s recently published, controversial book How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft. One of the last of his generation of journalists, the energetic, articulate, and boyish Epstein is a truly fascinating character.

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Q&A journalist Edward Jay Epstein, filmmakers Ines Talakic & Ena Talakic with JBFC Founder Steve Apkon

Tuesday, Mar. 19 2019, 7:00

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Edward Jay Epstein is an investigative journalist and a former political science professor at MIT and UCLA. He is the author of many books, including How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft, Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Trust, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies, and The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion.

Sisters Ines Talakic and Ena Talakic are writers, photographers, producers and co-directors from Italy based in New York City. Their work has been featured in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Vice, The Huffington Post, W Magazine, Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore, Velvet, Abitaire, and other international media outlets. Hall of Mirrors is their first feature, which debuted at the 2017 New York Film Festival to wide critical acclaim.