BERLIN — Charles Ferguson thought Watergate had never “properly been done.” The result was a documentary that explores the American presidential scandal in its full epic span, clocking in at more than four hours. The director of financial crisis documentary “Inside Job,” which won an Oscar in 2011, is presenting the film this week at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its European premiere. Ferguson, who was in high school at the time, recalled watching the U.S. Senate’s Watergate hearings. He said he came up with the idea for the documentary about five years ago. Ferguson’s documentary avoids explicit reference to any possible modern-day parallels, but does go out of its way to explain American law and the mechanics of impeachment.

Source: National Post February 12, 2019 16:41 UTC