Dealer puts VW crisis on camera

"Backfire" is the latest movie from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steve Kalafer, who also is a Volkswagen dealer. "I will not have a point of view," he says. "The participants will." Proofs of the movie poster are shown.

April 10, 2016 05:00 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Filmmaker Steve Kalafer, a three-time Oscar nominee, is at work on a documentary about Volkswagen's diesel emissions crisis, a project that's close to home.

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