Truth and Power: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What happens when private institutions and governments abuse their power and break the public trust? Pivot's new investigative documentary series, Truth and Power, executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Brian Knappenberger (The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz) and narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Maggie Gyllenhaal, explores that question while separating fact from misinformation.

The 10-part series highlights the stories of ordinary people going to extraordinary lengths to expose large-scale abuses of power: from corporations receiving lucrative government contracts for dangerous private prisons to governments using data-gathering technology to scoop up huge amounts of information about their citizens. Using probing interviews, original footage, and newly unearthed documents, the series unpacks the timely issues of security, surveillance, and profiteering in the digital age.

Series details

• Title: Truth and Power
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-01-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Pivot
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11564
• IMDb ID: tt5376740
• TVDB ID: 308452

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-22; final listed air date 2016-03-25; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Truth and Power on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.