Upcoming Investigative Documentary: "Sarah Palin: You Betcha!"

SmithDehn LLP has been retained as US counsel for "Sarah Palin: You Betcha!," the yet-to-be-released investigative documentary by multiple-award-winning director Nick Broomfield. This film is not to be confused with "The Undefeated," a pro-Palin documentary by Tea Party activist Stephen Bannon, for whom Sarah Palin herself reportedly arranged many of the interviews. The Los Angeles Times reports that "the Broomfield movie," by contrast, is a "scathing" account of Palin's rise to prominence and "could become a lightning rod as Palin either runs for president or plays an important part in defining the Republican Party’s 2012 platform." The Times goes on to report on the Broomfield film in part as follows:

"Nick Broomfield, the much-decorated British documentarian and muckraker, has quietly been interviewing Palin confidantes and is close to finishing his film about the former Alaska governor, said a person who was briefed on the film but asked not to be identified because of the secretive nature of the project."

"According to the source, among the people who appear in the untitled movie are Palin’s parents as well as numerous ex-aides. Many of those people, the source added, describe her not as the likable repository of aw-shucks wisdom Palin likes to present but a more ruthless politician who has trampled over opponents and is now a potential presidential candidate."