Since there were apparently no press screenings for SEPARATED, I went to IFC Center today and bought a ticket to see it. It's a sharp, smart, infuriating piece of work, and MSNBC's decision to delay its airing its an act of abject cowardice and a dereliction of their journalistic duty.
MSNBC recently acquired Errol Morris’s documentary “Separated,” a likely Oscar contender examining the Trump administration’s family separation policy, but it won’t air until a month after — in part because NBC bosses don’t want to offend Trump, Oliver Darcy reported Monday.
New report from Oliver Darcy comes 2 days after the film's director suggested politics played a role in scheduling his film
It's hard not to think the purchase and delay by MSNBC was part of Comcast's larger plan. "Let's get this off the market before someone shows it."
It should run on NBC, the main broadcast station, full-stop, in prime time, before the election. You don't even get MSNBC with basic cable, without some news-package upgrade, I don't think, so just airing it there, even in a more timely fashion, would still be a dereliction.