A documentary detailing the UNC scandal is nearing its release date.
Bradley Bethel is a former learning specialist at Carolina, who left that position to produce the documentary “Unverified.” Bethel spoke with WCHL’s Aaron Keck about what viewers should expect from the film.
Bethel believes that many involved in the UNC scandal have been misrepresented. “This wasn’t an athletics driven scandal,” he tells Keck. “It was a university scandal. The question for me is what drove it and it wasn’t athletics that drove it. It was some misguided efforts to help struggling students.”
“Unverified” includes interviews from people like Jay Bilas, Dre Bly, Will Blythe, Butch Davis, Joe Holladay, and Mark Titus. They also talked to academic counselors at the center of the controversy.
“Unverified” will premiere at the Varsity Theatre, on Franklin Street, on January 8th, 2016. Seven other special screenings are scheduled throughout the state.
The Kickstarter page describes the film as, “the untold story behind the UNC scandal.” Back in February, Bethel launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the making of the film. Over 1,000 backers pledged $142,187. In November, a second Kickstarter campaign launched to raise funds for distribution.
Over $25,000 has been raised to put the film in theaters. For more information, visit the “Unverified” Kickstarter page.
re: bradley bethel, you reap what you …nah, that isn’t helpful. let’s just say I trust you have come through and out on the other side, what some people call growth and adulthood. sure, that fuzzy lining in your tummy was special, but it is time to move on and deal with the borborygmus of life, who and really who controls the narrative and what kind of people they are, those exactors of the double think, of which you embrace(d).