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"...During the exchange, Palin is seen taking questions from the rally's host about Obama care. Regurgitating her infamous 'death panel' analogy, Mrs Palin then takes a question concerning the Tea Party, but is interrupted by Broomfield, who shouts 'are you going to take any questions from the floor'. After being told there is 'no time', he then shouts, 'Do you think your political career is over?'. Palin pauses to take a sip of water, before turning to the crowd and saying 'why don't you ask these people'. After the crowd settle down, two rally staffers appear and ask him to...

Just months after the Iowa premiere of the pro-Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated," the world will get a glimpse of the former Alaska Governor from a different - and likely more critical - cinematic perspective: In September, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield, who directed "Kurt & Courtney" and "Biggie & Tupac," will debut "Sarah Palin - You Betcha!" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which runs from Sept. 8-18. Unlike the flattering portrait of Palin touted in "The Undefeated," which was made with the former vice presidential candidate's cooperation by a conservative filmmaker, Broomfield's goal was "cracking her story,"...

ABC News’ Sheila Marikar (@SheilaYM) reports: While a cinematic love letter to Sarah Palin is set to debut in Iowa Tuesday night, a more critical film about the former Alaska governor is in the works. British filmmaker Nick Broomfield is shopping a documentary that examines Palin's life and rise to prominence through interviews with her parents, friends, colleagues such as ex-legislative director John Bitney, ex-Senate president Lyda Green, ex brother-in-law Mike Wooten and many more. In a preview clip from the film, Bitney and Green bemoan Palin’s habit of using her Blackberry during meetings. “It was frustrating at times to...

Sarah Palin receives what is by all indications a kind treatment in a new documentary that will premiere in theaters July 15. But a second, far more scathing Palin documentary is being prepared by a more experienced filmmaker. And it looks a lot more likely to stir the pot. Nick Broomfield, the much-decorated British documentarian and muckraker, has quietly been interviewing Palin confidantes and is close to finishing his film about the former Alaska governor, said a person who was briefed on the film but asked not to be identified because of the secretive nature of the project. According to...