Walter Winchell and the Defeat of the German American Bund

11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK

Walter Winchell, the newspaper columnist, radio commentator and television personality, pioneered the fast-paced, gossip-driven, politically charged journalism that dominates today. His on-air activism to his 50 million listeners during World War II helped to defeat the German American Bund, the US version of the Nazi party. While his post-war legacy is much more problematic, his enormously impactful wartime efforts are worthy of being remembered and celebrated.

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VIEW THE TRAILER

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ September 26-29 view the film Walter Winchell — The Power of Gossip on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.

⇒ Sunday, September 28 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.

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MEET THE FILMMAKER

Ben Loeterman produced and directed Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip for the PBS series American Masters. He holds two Emmy awards for directing and investigative journalism, two Columbia duPont Awards for his films about the 9/11 attacks, and Amnesty International’s Humanitarian Spotlight award for The Triumph of Evil, about how US policy actively enabled the genocide in Rwanda. His work appeared on the first twenty seasons of the PBS series Frontline. His PBS specials include The People v. Leo Frank, about an infamous case of antisemitism in the South and 1913: Seeds of Conflict, about the impact of European Jewish migration to Palestine during the Ottoman Empire. His current film is about US propaganda, censorship and the atomic bomb.

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Other speakers to be announced. Registration for this program will open at a later date.