http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/archive/201102/20110228.htmlFebruary 28, 2011
Tavis talks with Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, and with filmmaker Charles Ferguson about his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job.
Mary Bell
As president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council—the state's largest teachers union—Mary Bell has garnered national attention in the dust-up surrounding the governor's proposal to roll back collective-bargaining rights as a way to deal with the state budget crisis. She previously held the secretary-treasurer post and, on a national level, served on the board of the National Education Association. The Wisconsin native has been a longtime junior high school library media specialist and is also a former English teacher.
Charles Ferguson
Charles Ferguson is founder and president of Representational Pictures and an unconventional filmmaker. Trained as a political scientist, he holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. and has been a consultant to federal agencies and high tech firms. He also co-founded an Internet software company, which created FrontPage, the first visual Web development tool. Ferguson's debut film, '07's No End in Sight, received an Oscar nod, and his latest, Inside Job—on the global financial crisis—won this year's DGA feature documentary award and an Academy Award.