Craig Gilbert, who created the PBS proto-reality show "An American
Family" in 1974 and never worked in television again, tells the New
Yorker that the HBO made-for "Cinema Verite," which premieres Saturday
night, is not exactly telling the truth about the production of the
series, including making him the villain (he chose not to sue HBO--Pat
and William Loud, whose family was the subject of the series,
threatened to sue but were given hush money by HBO to keep quiet):

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2011/04/25/110425ta_talk_winer

If you want to see the original, clips and a complete episode are at
producing station WNET's web site (www.thirteen.org).

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