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Jose Canseco: The Truth Hurts
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Title: Jose Canseco: The Truth Hurts

Release Date: 28 Oct 2016

Runtime: 1h 4m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Fort Worth Studios

Production Companies: Fort Worth Studios

Overview: No figure in recent sports history is as divisive as Jose Canseco. Millions of baseball fans remember him as the powerhouse slugger who earned one of the sport's rare statistics: 40/40. But millions more remember him as the whistleblower whose admission to steroids juicing exposed a scandal that overshadowed his remarkable career and led to the Congressional hearings that cast a pall over America's greatest pastime, baseball. Now, Jose finally speaks out. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of a man driven by grief and a promise made. Only time will tell whether history remembers Jose Canseco as a legend, a whistleblower or a scapegoat. But this candid documentary will leave audiences convinced of one inescapable fact. The Truth Hurts.

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