Film: The War Room

The War Room is a 1993 documentary that shows the behind-the-scenes in Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. The documentary focused on communications director George Stephanopoulos, and lead strategist James Carville. The film changed how campaigns are viewed because it showed how chaotic a campaign is and how many people it takes to win a presidential race. The documentary focused on Stephanopoulos and Carville to show that Clinton didn’t work alone when strategizing how to run his campaign. By not focusing on Clinton, the documentary emphasized how Clinton’s team had a significant contribution to how he was conveyed in the media. Although Clinton was the face of the campaign, Stephanopoulos and Carville contributed the context. By showing