TVOntario has scrapped plans to air a hard-hitting documentary on Premier Kathleen Wynne after the film’s director quit over journalistic concerns, the Star has learned.
The broadcaster, which is owned by the provincial government, had planned to show Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne on June 6, but pulled the plug after director Roxana Spicer’s resignation.
Sources said Spicer stepped down from the project after a tense May 1 meeting with senior Wynne advisers at Queen’s Park where 14 minutes of footage was to be screened, but only eight minutes was actually viewed.
That was part of an agreement between the film’s production company and the premier’s office to ensure no commercially sensitive cabinet discussions were depicted or anyone’s personal privacy violated.
But insiders said the premier’s aides wanted to see the entire film before anyone interviewed in it — including Wynne — would agree to sign the requisite errors and omissions insurance release forms.
While they strongly denied trying to exert any editorial control, without their signatures the movie might never see the light of day.
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Wynne documentary on ice after director quits amid journalistic concerns | Toronto Star
The broadcaster, which is owned by the provincial government, had planned to show Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne on June 6, but pulled the plug after director Roxana Spicer’s resignation.
Sources said Spicer stepped down from the project after a tense May 1 meeting with senior Wynne advisers at Queen’s Park where 14 minutes of footage was to be screened, but only eight minutes was actually viewed.
That was part of an agreement between the film’s production company and the premier’s office to ensure no commercially sensitive cabinet discussions were depicted or anyone’s personal privacy violated.
But insiders said the premier’s aides wanted to see the entire film before anyone interviewed in it — including Wynne — would agree to sign the requisite errors and omissions insurance release forms.
While they strongly denied trying to exert any editorial control, without their signatures the movie might never see the light of day.
moar
Wynne documentary on ice after director quits amid journalistic concerns | Toronto Star
