The Martha Mitchell Effect / Film School Radio interview with Co-directors Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy

Co-directors Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy unexpectedly moving and insightful 2023 Oscar nominated documentary short, THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT, is an archival-based portrait of one of the most unlikely whistleblowers in the history of Washington DC. During the course of the unfolding Watergate scandal, Mitchell was expected to keep quiet, she did not. As a consequence Mitchell was a Republican cabinet wife who was gaslighted by the Nixon Administration to keep her quiet.  THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT offers a female gaze on the scandal through the voice of the woman herself and shows viewers why we need to believe women whistleblowers - something that sadly hasn't improved much since Martha's time. As President Richard Nixon himself once said, "If it hadn't been for Martha, there'd have been no Watergate.” Co-directors Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy join us for a conversation on the life and times of Martha Mitchell in Washington DC, how the behavior of her husband and Attorney General John Mitchell dramatically impacted her life, and how the unlikely friendship between Martha Mitchell and respected journalist Helen Thomas changed the course of American political history. THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT (currently streaming on Netflix).  2023 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Short Also available on MUBI the-martha-mitchell-effect