Truth

“Based on the story behind the story.”

Some memos about a sitting president's military service reach producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) in the fall of 2004, and she is sure they are the biggest story of the election. She and Dan Rather (Robert Redford) put it on the air, and then the sources change their stories and the documents come under question. James Vanderbilt, in his first film as director, leaves Mary at her desk, the pages spread out and the doubts coming in.