EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton‘s is behind a Sky History documentary collection in regards to the Kursk submarine catastrophe that can for the primary time function her husband Bill Clinton.
Airing later this month, Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin will forensically study occasions that began in August 2000 after an explosion onboard the Kursk submarine trapped a gaggle of Russian submariners on the backside of the Barents Sea. The collection questions why Russia’s army and political institution took so lengthy to alert President Putin to the catastrophe and took days to just accept worldwide help, while the households of the 118 submariners desperately waited for info.
Kursk: 10 Days That Formed Putin will function first-hand testimony from these concerned together with Invoice Clinton, who was U.S. President on the time. Invoice Clinton will for the primary time be showing in a present produced by the corporate run by his spouse and daughter. The 2-parter may also function the households of the Kursk submariners following their courageous quest for justice, whereas listening to about how Putin – in his first 100 days of energy – reacted to the disastrous press he obtained.
Hillary Clinton runs HiddenLight along with her daughter Chelsea Clinton and Sam Branson. The Clintons should not EPing this collection, nevertheless, with Amy Flanagan and Liz Collier set to EP Kursk. HiddenLight’s previous credit embrace Zurawski v Texas, Lyra and Transfer Ya Physique: The Beginning of Home.
“This extraordinary story, which unfolded over simply ten days, captured the eye of the world,” stated Flanagan. “25 years on, it reveals Putin’s playbook and confirmed the hallmark of the chief he was to grow to be however it additionally tells a special, very human story of countries coming collectively, regardless of the lies and the chaos, to try to save their fellow sailors.”
Kursk: 10 Days That Formed Putin was commissioned for Sky Historical past by Dan Korn, VP of Programming Hearst Networks EMEA and Hayley Reynolds, Performing Director of Sky Docs. Producer is Maria Drovnenkova and director is Becky Learn. Worldwide rights are held by Sphere Abacus.
