Independent filmmaker John Wilson tried hard to be evenhanded.
He told the N&O's TV critic, Danny Hooley, that he wanted his new documentary, "Senator No," on former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, to be objective and balanced. Otherwise, he said, viewers with strong feelings would stop watching:
"A lot of people have very strong and polarizing feelings about Helms, one way or the other," Wilson says. "What I really wanted to do was try to present to people information about Helms that they might not otherwise find out—and that they might not really want to know. Maybe [I could] show people who hate Helms why so may people love him, and show people who love Helms why so many people hate him."
Dome watched the documentary last night and gives it two thumbs way up. "Senator No" airs tonight at 9 p.m. on UNC-TV.
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