An Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary film about Hillary Clinton. Source: AAP
AN Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary about Hillary Clinton, following protests by Republican rivals, and a planned TV miniseries about her has also been scrapped.
Charles Ferguson, who was making his film for CNN, faced criticism from Republicans that it would promote the former US secretary of state's expected 2016 presidential run, while Democrats were reluctant to speak to him.
"When I approached people for interviews, I discovered that nobody, and I mean nobody, was interested in helping me make this film," he wrote.
"After approaching well over a hundred people, only two persons who had ever dealt with Mrs Clinton would agree to an on-camera interview, and I suspected that even they would back out."
Ferguson, who won an Oscar for Inside Job, his 2010 documentary about the financial crisis, said he began with the idea of making a film which was independent and fair on the former secretary of state, senator and first lady.
But Clinton was not co-operating and some Democrats were concerned about it as a commercial venture, Ferguson said. Republicans claimed the film would promote Clinton, who is considering a 2016 White House run.
"Neither political party wanted the film made," Ferguson said.
"It's a victory for the Clintons, and for the money machines that both political parties have now become. But I don't think that it's a victory for the media, or for the American people," added the filmmaker, who was also nominated for an Oscar for his Iraq War documentary, No End In Sight.
Earlier this year, Republicans threatened to prevent two US television networks from carrying party primary debates if they don't abandon planned documentaries on the former first lady.
A few hours after Ferguson's announcement, NBC Entertainment announced that it had scrapped a planned miniseries on Clinton.
"After reviewing and prioritising our slate of movie/miniseries development, we've decided that we will no longer continue developing the Hillary Clinton miniseries," NBC said in a statement.
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