The World Is Watching
1988, English. Directed by Peter Raymont.
The World is Watching is a political film about the moral issues surrounding news gathering and newsmaking in the electronic age. Who decides what constitutes the news? How do they decide? And what about the men and women who report from the field. Are foreign correspondents allowed to tell all that they see? The film examines these complex issues by focusing on several international journalists in Nicaragua as they cover the negotiations surrounding the Arias Peace Plan in November 1987. With unprecedented access to the inner workings of ABC News, what follows is a unique portrait of a news crew in the field, as it interacts with the editorial process in the newsroom in New York City.
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- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 24 October 1988
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden
- Written by
- Peter Raymont, Harold Crooks
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The World Is Watching isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 October 1988. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The World Is Watching?
The World Is Watching (1988) was directed by Peter Raymont and stars Elizabeth Gray.