“Centered: Joe Lieberman,” a new documentary about the late longtime senator, came about because of his deep concerns over the need for civility and bipartisanship in the United States, Rob Schwartz, a former chief of staff for Lieberman and executive producer of the film, told Newsmax Tuesday. 

Schwartz said on Newsmax’s “Newsline” that the movie’s producers approached Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, about a year and a half before his death last March about the project, and the political giant was hesitant about making a movie about his life.

“He did not want to do it as a vanity project,” said Schwartz. “He was very concerned, however, that civics is not being taught in secondary schools in the United States. What convinced him to do it was our commitment to create a curriculum not only about Joe, but the sanctity of democracy, the need for bipartisanship, and the importance of having a civil discourse between Americans.”

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