ORIGINAL SERIES INSIDE MAN, HOSTED BY MORGAN SPURLOCK,
PREMIERES SUNDAY JUNE 23
Eight-episode
Weekend Series Premieres with Inside Look Into The Medical Marijuana Industry
The CNN Original series Inside
Man, hosted and produced by Oscar®-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan
Spurlock, premieres Sunday, June 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The one-hour weekly series will provide an
intimate look into diverse sectors of American life and offer a deep-dive into
pressing issues facing the U.S. that include migrant farm workers, the elder
care industry, union workers, gun owners, education, bankruptcy and the
drought. The premiere episode of Inside
Man features Spurlock as a worker in a medial marijuana dispensary in
California.
“Morgan, known for his inquisitiveness,
humor and intimate portraits, is one of America’s most distinctive voices in
documentary filmmaking. By telling the story from the inside, he and his
Warrior Poets team bring enlightened perspectives and added depth to the
stories that impact American lives,” said Jeff Zucker, President, CNN
Worldwide.
Produced by
Warrior Poets, Spurlock’s production company with Jeremy Chilnick, Inside Man marks the filmmaker’s return
to TV as host and producer, and has him embedded into each week’s story. In
addition to airing at 10p.m. ET on Sundays, the program will re-air overnight
on Sundays at 1a.m. ET and at 4a.m. ET.
The debut episode of Inside Man
will be made available in its entirety on CNN.com. Following the show’s
10 p.m. air time, cable subscribers can access each episode through their
provider’s on-demand service. Viewers will be invited to follow, engage and
interact with Inside Man and each
other using hash tag #InsideManCNN and handle @InsideManCNN on Twitter and at
Facebook.com/InsideManCNN. In addition, the show blog CNN.com/InsideMan,
will provide users with program information, behind-the-scenes photos and
videos, and other special content.
An acclaimed documentary filmmaker,
Spurlock came to international prominence in 2004 with his Oscar® nominated
film Super Size Me. He made his first
foray into television as executive producer of the FX series 30 Days (2005-2008). Most recently, he
has served as director of the 3-D concert film for the mega-hit band One
Direction, executive producer of the documentary series A Day in the Life on Hulu, and the films, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, The Dotted Line on ESPN and Mansome
on Yahoo.
Warrior Poets, the New York based production company founded in
2004 by Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick, has produced multiple award
winning films and television programs. Films include The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Freakonomics,
Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?,
Comic-Con: Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope,
and Mansome. Television projects
include the award winning FX series 30 Days, ESPN’s The Dotted Line, the Emmy and Writer’s Guild nominated The Simpsons
20th Anniversary Special in 3D on Ice!, Hulu’s A Day in the Life, Failure
Club and Mansome on Yahoo!, &
Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia for
Sky Atlantic HD.
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