Directed by Samantha Grant USA, 2013, English, 77 minutes
Jayson Blair is the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time. In 2003, he unleashed a massive scandal that rocked the New York Times and the entire world of journalism. "A Fragile Trust" is the first film to tell the whole sordid story of the scandal while exploring the deeper themes of power, ethics, representation, race and accountability in the mainstream media.
Screening with: Alfred Jarry & 'Pataphysics - Skizz Cyzyk – USA - 2:00 An oral report on French writer Alfred Jarry is given stop-motion treatment with the help of talking t-shirts, flip book pages and time-lapse lino-cut printing in this two-minute animated documentary.