The Real Life Good Wife

Documentary of the Week | May 20, 2016

Directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg follow New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner as he spirals down from the top of the polls over a sexting scandal. The film's candid portrait of Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin won it the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen 

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