At the 2013 Sundance Film Festival , CNN announced the acquisition of three documentaries . It acquired the rights to air '' Life Itself '' , a film adaptation of Roger Ebert 's 2011 memoir , in television . The project will be directed by Steve James and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian . It is scheduled to air in 2014 . The two other untitled projects are expected to air on CNN in 2013 . One , from directors Michael Tucker and Petra Epperleini , centers on 9/11 and reconstructs the events at Ground Zero ; the other , from director Andrew Rossi , focuses on the transformation of higher education , examining the costs and relevance of college
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