Nothing Is Truer than Truth (2018)
NOTHING IS TRUER THAN TRUTH is a feature length documentary about Edward de Vere, Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, A-list party boy on the continental circuit, who spent a year and a half in Venice and traveling in Europe, learning about commedia dell'arte and collecting the experiences that would become the Shakespeare plays. Shot in Venice, Verona, Mantua, Padua, and Brenta, the film ventures to actual sites De Vere visited in 1575-76, including the settings for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, OTHELLO, ROMEO & JULIET, and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. The film features renowned Shakespeare scholars, actors, and directors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Rylance, Tina Packer, and Diane Paulus, and argues that De Vere's bisexuality is the reason for the pseudonym Shake-speare.
Director: Cheryl Eagan-Donovan
http://www.controversyfilms.com/production/nothing-is-truer-than-truth/
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Derek Jacobi as |
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Gregory Paul Martin as (voice) |
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Tina Packer as Herself |
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Diane Paulus as Herself |
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Mark Rylance as Self |
| Directing | Cheryl Eagan-Donovan | Director |
| Writing | Cheryl Eagan-Donovan | Writer |
| Production | Ben August | Associate Producer |
| Production | Meredith Crowley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Cheryl Eagan-Donovan | Producer |
| Production | Zimo Huang | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stephen T. Maing | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vicki Oleskey | Associate Producer |
| Production | Christopher Paul | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Mike Paterson | Cinematography |
| Crew | Paul Sharpe | Cinematography |
| Editing | Zimo Huang | Editor |
| Editing | Rachel Rinkesmith | Editor |
| Editing | Trina Rodriguez | Editor |
| Sound | Rich Bussey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Matt Davies | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Kevin Hill | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jaime Horrigan | Sound |
| Sound | Matthew Share | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Stephen T. Maing | Camera Operator |
| Production | Deborah Cesana | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Katy Jarzebowski | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Liam Donovan | Editorial Production Assistant |