The Gatekeepers Premiers (w/ Gatekeepers) at Mellon Auditorium

Tuesday night, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and White House Chiefs of Staff John Sununu, Jack Watson, Ken Duberstein, Jim Jones and Josh Bolten attended the premiere screening of THE PRESIDENTS’ GATEKEEPERS, a new documentary from Discovery Channel that chronicles untold stories from all 20 living White House Chiefs of Staff.

Josh Bolten - Jim Jones - Jack Watson - John Sununu - Ken Duberstein by Nick Wass
White House Chiefs of Staff Josh Bolten, Jim Jones, Jack Watson, John Sununu & Ken Duberstein. Photo credit: Nick Wass

Executive Producers Chris Whipple (60 Minutes, ABC News), brothers Gedeon and Jules Naudet (9/11, In God’s Name) and producer David Hume Kennerly (Pulitizer Prize winning photojournalist) were also on-hand at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium to speak about the film, which spans nine administrations and 50 years.

THE PRESIDENTS’ GATEKEEPERS features interviews with Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush and Chiefs of Staff that include Howard Baker, Jr., James A. Baker III, Joshua Bolten, Erskine Bowles, Andrew Card, Dick Cheney, William M. Daley, Kenneth Duberstein, Rahm Emanuel, Jim Jones, Jacob Lew, Denis McDonough, Thomas Mack McLarty, Leon Panetta, John Podesta, Donald Rumsfeld, Samuel K. Skinner, John H. Sununu, Jack Watson and Marvin Watson.

Lead image credit: Charlie Archambault