About "Tell The Truth, Cenk," The Project & the filmmaker behind it.

About

Feature-length documentary about the battle for workplace dignity at the Home of Progressives
Explores the media, political, ethical and power dimensions of The Young Turks union situation and subsequent cover-up
Ethical Boundaries Crossed (3)
1. Union-busting
2. Lying to audience & publicly smearing unionizing workers w/ provably false narrative that Cenk Uygur's political foes started TYT Union to harm his run for Congress
3. Employment conditions that drove unionization
Work began in 2021; Full version to be completed by Fall/Winter 2025 pending fundraiser
2 minute sizzle trailer
84 minutes currently available

Hank Thompson (Bluesky, Linktree)
Worked at TYT off and on btw 2013 and 2020
Paying TYT member ~2009 - 2013
Part of core group that unionized The Young Turks in 2019 (effort first began in 2018) due to employment conditions experienced as full-time video editor
Podcast: Winners & Losers (YouTube, Apple Podcasts)
Professional video editor, animator, fmr stand up comedian, writer, podcaster, woodworker, late-identified autistic, aspiring filmmaker
Los Angeles-based by way of Chicago

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