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The Truth vs. Alex Jones

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Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars.

Status: Released

Released Date: 2024-03-11

Runtime: 115 mins

Director: Dan Reed

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: The Truth vs. Alex Jones

Production Companies: Amos Pictures, HBO Documentary Films

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

Cast

Self

Alex E. Jones

Self – Radio Host, Austin TX

Russell Dowden

Self – InfoWars Video Editor (2004-2017)

Rob Jacobson

Self – InfoWars Camera Operator (2013-2017)

Josh Owens

Self – InfoWars Broadcast Engineer (2013-2014)

Christopher Jordan

Self – Daniel's Father

Mark Barden

Self – Emilie's Mother

Alissa Parker

Self – Emilie's Father

Robbie Parker

Self – Jesse's Father

Neil Heslin

Self – Lead Investigator, CT State Police

Daniel Jewiss

Self – Jesse's Mother

Scarlett Lewis

Self – Dylan's Mother

Nicole Hockley

Self – Noah's Father

Lenny Pozner

Self – Noah's Mother

Veronique de la Rosa

Reviews

Brent_Marchant

It’s one thing to question authority and official explanations of highly public events; it’s something else entirely to portray them in a wholly falsified light, especially when done so in a ridiculing manner that causes tremendous personal pain. Such is what happened when conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones fanatically contended that the December 2012 mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School was a staged false flag event aimed at prompting the seizure of the private citizens’ firearms, essentially gutting the guarantees of the Second Amendment. Jones vociferously claimed that the event didn’t happen as reported in the mainstream media, that it was all pulled off with actors and that no one was killed. He openly mocked the public grieving of devastated parents through a relentless campaign of blatant disinformation, effectively enabling him to convince nearly a quarter of the nation’s population into believing his story. Finally, after many anguishing years (including unbridled derision, public ridicule and death threats from disbelieving fanatics and hecklers), those who lost loved ones fought back, filing defamation suits in Jones’s home state of Texas and in Connecticut, site of the tragedy. Documentarian Dan Reed’s latest feature chronicles the events of this troubling story with no-holds-barred candor, capturing the searing pain of the Sandy Hook families, Jones’s cartoonish out-of-control bluster and extensive courtroom footage of the two trials. Shot over four years, the filmmaker effectively captures the crazed ravings of a two-faced, delirious conman whose self-serving self-promotion efforts made P.T. Barnum look like a rank amateur by comparison. But what’s perhaps most unsettling here is the film’s uncompromising depiction of someone who honestly believed he could publicly say whatever he wanted through today’s powerful, far-reaching communications technology – regardless of its truthfulness – and get away with it, a truly potent cautionary tale for our times. “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” poignantly reminds us of the precious nature of freedom of speech and the need to protect it, especially where matters of responsibility are concerned. Indeed, the First Amendment may allow us to express ourselves, but it doesn’t give us license to lie.

2024-04-02

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