
She worked as a reporter in Sarasota, FL in the early 1970s - the 29-year-old strongly disagreed with the implicit mantra used at the TV station she worked for, “If it bleeds, it leads”. She changed in the last days, before killing herself with a self-inflicted gunshot during a live news broadcast; but no one seems to know why.
The movie directed by Antonio Campos, written by Craig Shilowich, will be in cinemas 14 October 2016.
Cast: Rebecca Hall (Christine Chubbuck), Michael C. Hall (George Peter Ryan), Tracy Letts (Michael), Timothy Simons (Steve Turner), J. Smith-Cameron (Peg Chubbuck), Maria Dizzia (Jean Reed), John Cullum (Bob Andersen), David Alexander (Officer Royal), Kim Shaw (Andrea Kirby), Ian Covell (Darren Spazzio), Bernie Ask (Fisherman), Lindsay Ayliffe (Captain Frank Basil), Chris Bevill (Herb The Intern), Alan M. Brooks (Waiter), Jayson Warner Smith (Mitch).
We know the “what,” Chubbock killed herself with a self-inflicted gunshot during a live news broadcast; but we don’t know the “why.”
She worked as a reporter in Sarasota, FL in the early 1970s. The 29-year-old strongly disagreed with the implicit mantra used at the TV station she worked for, “If it bleeds, it leads.”