CNN to Produce Documentary on Hillary Clinton

The intense focus on Hillary Rodham Clinton, former secretary of state and 2008 presidential candidate, heading toward a potential second run at the presidency was stepped up again Monday as CNN announced that its film division would produce a documentary on her.

Two days earlier, NBC announced it would produce a four-hour mini-series on Mrs. Clinton.

The CNN documentary is expected to be released in 2014 and will have a run in theaters before it plays on CNN. The film will be produced and directed by Charles Ferguson, who won a documentary Oscar in 2010 for the film “Inside Job,” about the corruption in the financial services sector that contributed to the economic crisis in 2007-2008.

CNN has said the film unit operates separately and without editorial input from CNN itself.