Scott Shapiro on Representing Documentary Filmmakers

In this episode, Scott J. Shapiro, Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School, discusses the DocProject, a new program of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School. Shapiro describes the origins of the DocProject, and the kinds of advice it provides to documentary filmmakers about potential liability. He explains why that kind of advice is so important for documentary filmmakers, and provides suggestions about when filmmakers should start thinking about those issues. Shapiro is on Twitter at @scottjshapiro.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.