A dramatic fly-on-the-wall documentary about Premier Kathleen Wynne — filmed at the height of the Sudbury byelection controversy — will finally be broadcast on CTV’s W5 next month, the Star has learned.
Entitled Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne, the film was supposed to air in June on TVOntario but the province’s public broadcaster pulled the plug after the director quit over journalistic concerns.
Three months ago, the Star viewed a 59-minute “rough cut” depicting scenes of a besieged Wynne coping with the Sudbury scandal that eventually led to criminal charges against a Liberal activist Thursday.
Anton Koschany, executive producer of the award-winning W5, which kicks off its 50th season a week Saturday, said a final 40-minute version was edited for length and will hit the airwaves on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
“We worked with White Pine Pictures to make sure that we preserved the integrity of the documentary and kept all of the important stuff that really gives you a sense of Kathleen Wynne,” Koschany said Friday.
“All of the compelling and interesting material remains,” he said, emphasizing “the film was true to the longer version” the Star revealed on June 24.
http://www.thestar.com/news/queensp...ersial-wynne-film-will-finally-air-on-w5.html
Entitled Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne, the film was supposed to air in June on TVOntario but the province’s public broadcaster pulled the plug after the director quit over journalistic concerns.
Three months ago, the Star viewed a 59-minute “rough cut” depicting scenes of a besieged Wynne coping with the Sudbury scandal that eventually led to criminal charges against a Liberal activist Thursday.
Anton Koschany, executive producer of the award-winning W5, which kicks off its 50th season a week Saturday, said a final 40-minute version was edited for length and will hit the airwaves on Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.
“We worked with White Pine Pictures to make sure that we preserved the integrity of the documentary and kept all of the important stuff that really gives you a sense of Kathleen Wynne,” Koschany said Friday.
“All of the compelling and interesting material remains,” he said, emphasizing “the film was true to the longer version” the Star revealed on June 24.
http://www.thestar.com/news/queensp...ersial-wynne-film-will-finally-air-on-w5.html
