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Nov 20, 2015 · Spotlight: Directed by Tom McCarthy. With Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber. The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Tom McCarthy
- 2015-11-20
Spotlight is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The film follows The Boston Globe 's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and its investigation into a decades-long coverup of widespread and systemic child sex abuse by numerous priests of the Roman ...
Wary of the power the Catholic Church has in Boston, the team, consisting of Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), and Matt Carroll (Brian d'arcy James) discover that the scandal goes far beyond Father Geoghan: they find as many as 13 priests guilty of the same crimes in and ...
Nov 4, 2015 · How does the Catholic Church feel about the Spotlight movie revisiting the abuse scandal?. Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, who took over in 2003 after disgraced Cardinal Bernard F. Law stepped down, says that the movie depicts "a very painful time" in the history of the church, when a series of reports forced the church "to deal with what was shameful and hidden."
Jan 28, 2016 · The film "Spotlight" has received six Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture of the Year. It tells the true story of the Boston Globe's Pulitzer P...
- 3 min
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- Voice of America
Dec 8, 2015 · December 8, 2015. “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sexual-abuse scandal, stars Michael Keaton, as Walter Robinson; Liev Schreiber, as Martin ...