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Robert Scheer – Above the Fold is a feature length documentary film about activist and journalist Scheer. The film underscores his unrelenting quest for the truth in any story he reports and charts the shifts in journalistic practice and platforms.

From Ramparts Magazine influencing Martin Luther King Jr.'s opposition to the Vietnam War; the famous Playboy Magazine "Lust in my Heart" interview with Jimmy Carter; 10 Pulitizer nominations during his LA Times tenure; a decade on KCRW's Left, Right and Center; and author of 6 books, Scheer's credentials are second to none.

Currently, Scheer is Professor of Communications at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Editor-In-Chief at ScheerPost.com, and produces his incisive, weekly interview podcast- Scheer Intelligence.

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“I was delighted to discover that there is a new documentary about Robert Scheer, the former Berkeley radical who became an anti-Vietnam-war firebrand, a proudly Left political candidate, and a now-legendary journalist.

Crusading filmmaker Oliver Stone has called Robert Scheer: Above the Fold, "an inspiring portrait of a great American."

Above the Fold is a compilation of Scheer's full-bore muck-raking and opinionated news-making over the course of several decades (and continuing today).”

-Gar Smith
The Berkeley Daily Planet

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Meet The Filmmakers

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Julie Thompson

Producer and Director

Julie is co-founder of the Activist Video Archive and Executive Producer of Alexander Payne's film, NEBRASKA, from a script by Bob Nelson. NEBRASKA received six Academy Award nominations.

Brogan de Paor

Producer, Director, Editor and Director of Photograhy

Brogan is co-founder of the Activist Video Archive. Recent editing work includes DR. KEELING’S CURVE, a one man multi-camera program for Link TV starring Mike Farrell exploring climate change. Additional editing credits include the feature documentary film THE WONDER OF IT ALL and an educational film, NEVER GIVE UP! Ama’s Journey to Freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Mike Farrell

Executive Producer

Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and five seasons on “Providence,” actor Mike Farrell is also a writer, director and producer. He has produced six films, four for television and two features, “Dominick and Eugene” and “Patch Adams”, and a documentary, “Citizen; The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein”.

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