Nerd Prom: Inside Washington's Wildest Week

Nerd Prom: Inside Washington's Wildest Week is a 2015 documentary film produced by Life Is My Movie Entertainment. The film follows ex Politico reporter Patrick Gavin and presents the modern White House Correspondents Dinner as an event that has lost sight of its original purpose.[1]

Nerd Prom: Inside Washington's Wildest Week
Directed byPatrick Gavin
Produced byVincent Vittorio
Written byPatrick Gavin
StarringTucker Carlson, Ann Compton, Steve Thomma, Ken Day, April Ryan, Julie Mason, Suzy Jacobs, Roland Martin, Steve Scully, Nikki Schwab, Grover Norquist, Bret Baier
Music byScott Hampton
Edited byChristopher Brannan
Distributed byLife is My Movie Entertainment
Release date
April 11, 2015
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

The White House Correspondents’ Association's annual dinner, which began in 1921, was originally a one-night occasion to honor the important work of White House correspondents and to allow reporters and politicians to briefly put down their guards and get to know each other better. Another key component of the dinner is to raise scholarship funds for future journalists.[2] Patrick Gavin, ex Politico reporter and Director of “Nerd Prom,” claims that the event has lost sight of those original intentions, and only donates a small fraction of the event's proceeds to those promised scholarships. Gavin argues that the event and its attendees are now more focused on the celebrity turnout and the week long schedule of partying that take place before the actual dinner.[3]

“Nerd Prom” premiered on April 11, 2015 in Washington D.C. two weeks before the Presidential Correspondents’ Dinner.[4]

See also

References
  1. BREITMAN, KENDALL. "'Nerd Prom' documentary skewers White House Correspondents' dinner". Politico. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. Mulhere, Kaitlin (April 29, 2016). "How Much Does the White House Correspondents' Dinner Actually Raise for Scholarships?". Time Magazine - Money. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Calderone, Michael (April 30, 2017). "Journalists Didn't Miss The Celebrity Glitz At White House Correspondents' Dinner". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. CHRISTOPHER, TOMMY (April 11, 2015). "Inside the Premiere of Patrick Gavin's Must-See 'Nerd Prom' Movie". The Daily Banter. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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