Threat of lawsuits can stymie, but also help documentarians

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lights … cameras … and lawyers?
The path to the screen can be tough for the makers of documentaries that make damaging claims about powerful people, such as the recent Lifetime series “Surviving R. Kelly” and an upcoming one featuring two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them.
But filmmakers and the lawyers who push such documentaries through production say the law is often their friend. Sometimes, they say the resistance they receive