2020 Special Donor Film
Raise Hell:
The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
Documentary, USA (93 Minutes)
If ever there was a woman who wouldn’t be stopped, it was Molly Ivins. As one reviewer said, “There was never anybody like Molly Ivins before, and never will be again, and this documentary does a fine job of capturing what made her special.”
Ivins was a superstar among journalists, writing both about Texas and national politics with rapier wit and insight in The Dallas Times Herald, and then The Dallas Morning News when it bought up its rival. Texas politicians are larger than life, like all things Texan, and right and left, they fell prey to Ivin’s pen. It was she who dubbed George W. Bush “the shrub” and always spelled “business” the Texas way as “bidness”. When she was lured away by The New York Times, the paper of record couldn’t handle her, and she couldn’t abide by their rules, so she went home to Texas.
The film is spiced with clips of Molly at her best (and most outrageous) and remembrances from friends like former Texas governor, Ann Richards, as well as her daughter, Cecile Richards, along with fellow-Texan journalist Dan Rather. At the bittersweet end, a bald Ivins admits to her
cancer and her alcoholism, but says she isn’t quitting smoking and drinking, “because I’ve already got cancer.” As the title of her best-selling book states, “Mollie Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She?”
The film will be followed by a discussion with Tom Michael, Executive Director/General Manger of Boise State Public Radio and recovering Texas journalist.
Special Donor Screening:
Wednesday, September 2, at 6:00 PM
Donors will be contacted with a link
to the film.
Tom Michael
Tom Michael has led Boise State Public Radio as executive director / general manager for the past four years. The member-supported radio network broadcasts NPR and local news and music from 18 sites across Idaho. In 2018 Tom launched the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration of six public media organizations across five states, and serves as its managing director. Also that year he launched “Idaho Matters,” a weekday public affairs program, and serves as its executive producer. Tom has more than a decade of experience in public media management, as the founder of Marfa Public Radio and West Texas Public Radio, a network he began in West Texas in 2006.
2020 Special Donor Film
Raising Hell:
The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
Documentary, USA (93 Minutes)
If ever there was a woman who wouldn’t be stopped, it was Molly Ivins. As one reviewer said, “There was never anybody like Molly Ivins before, and never will be again, and this documentary does a fine job of capturing what made her special.”
Ivins was a superstar among journalists, writing both about Texas and national politics with rapier wit and insight in The Dallas Times Herald, and then The Dallas Morning News when it bought up its rival. Texas politicians are larger than life, like all things Texan, and right and left, they fell prey to Ivin’s pen. It was she who dubbed George W. Bush “the shrub” and always spelled “business” the Texas way as “bidness”. When she was lured away by The New York Times, the paper of record couldn’t handle her, and she couldn’t abide by their rules, so she went home to Texas.
The film is spiced with clips of Molly at her best (and most outrageous) and remembrances from friends like former Texas governor, Ann Richards, as well as her daughter, Cecile Richards, along with fellow-Texan journalist Dan Rather. At the bittersweet end, a bald Ivins admits to her
cancer and her alcoholism, but says she isn’t quitting smoking and drinking, “because I’ve already got cancer.” As the title of her best-selling book states, “Mollie Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She?”
The film will be followed by a discussion with Tom Michael, Executive Director/General Manger of Boise State Public Radio and recovering Texas journalist.
Tom Michael
Tom Michael has led Boise State Public Radio as executive director / general manager for the past four years. The member-supported radio network broadcasts NPR and local news and music from 18 sites across Idaho. In 2018 Tom launched the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration of six public media organizations across five states, and serves as its managing director. Also that year he launched “Idaho Matters,” a weekday public affairs program, and serves as its executive producer. Tom has more than a decade of experience in public media management, as the founder of Marfa Public Radio and West Texas Public Radio, a network he began in West Texas in 2006.
Special Donor Screening:
Wednesday, September 2, at 6:00 PM
Donors will be contacted with a link to the film.