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Network Entertainment Announces the Launch of its New National Geographic Series Facing
(via Thenewswire.ca) Facing Delves Into the Real Stories Behind Some of Today's Most P...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Network Entertainment Announces the Launch of its New National Geographic Series Facing(via Thenewswire.ca)\n \n \nFacing Delves Into the Real Stories Behind Some of Today's Most Prominent Headline-Makers, Including Pablo Escobar, Saddam Hussein, Suge Knight, Vladimir Putin and Arnold Schwarzenegger\n\n \n \nFacing Premieres in Canada on Sunday, September 4 at 9/8c, \n\n\n \nand in the United States on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 9/8c, on National Geographic Channel\n\n \n \nVANCOUVER, CANADA / TheNewswire / August 29, 2016 - Network Media Group Inc. (TSX: NTE.V), through its subsidiary Network Entertainment Inc. (\"Network\" or \"the Company\"), is pleased to announce the launch of the first five episodes of its new National Geographic Channel series entitled Facing, a documentary series that takes an immersive look at the real stories behind some of modern history's most larger-than-life characters, in Canada on Sunday, September 4, at 9/8c, and in the United States on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at 9/8c.\n\n \n \nInspired by Network's award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary Facing Ali, each hour-long episode will tackle the myths, legends and truths behind powerful headline-makers, including Pablo Escobar, Saddam Hussein, Suge Knight, Vladimir Putin and Arnold Schwarzenegger.\n\n \n \nThrough first-person interviews with those who \"faced\" them -- their adversaries, allies, peers and those in their inner circle -- along with select journalists and those affected by their actions, good and bad, Facing offers a sometimes startling perspective on these modern icons. The audience will come to know the real stories behind the headlines with an intimate look at their early life, rise to notoriety and existence in the public eye.\n\n \n \nThe Facing series has traveled the world to deliver a rich, cinematic portrayal and candid interviews with a dynamic cast, including Steve Murphy, Javier Pena and Joe Toft, the real-life DEA agents depicted in the Netflix hit series \"Narcos\"; Jhon Jairo \"Popeye\" Velasquez, Escobar's No. 1 hitman; musicians Vanilla Ice and The D.O.C.; Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, who was tortured by Saddam Hussein and then later oversaw his execution; award-winning journalist Dan Rather; Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova; former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates; action stars Carl Weathers and Lou...