Writers: Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan (both in attendance) Director: John Curran (in attendance) Cast: Kate Mara, Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan
Among the most morally murky episodes in late-20th-century US politics — and that's a crowded field — was the drowning of campaign specialist Mary Jo Kopechne in what would become known as the Chappaquiddick Incident. Kopechne was trapped in a car that Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, following a night of festivities. This sombre, suspenseful recreation of the accident and its aftermath, directed by John Curran, invites us to speculate on how this shameful scandal came to be.
