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A Gray State
Director - Erik Nelson Educational Interests- American Studies, Biographies/Profiles, Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, New Releases, Political Science Institutional DVD Price: $195 Educational Streaming Information »
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In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film's crowd-funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims. A Gray State combs through Crowley's archive of 13,000 photographs, hundreds of hours of home video, and exhaustive behind-the-scenes footage of Crowley's work in progress to reveal what happens when a paranoid view of the government turns inward - blurring the lines of what is real and what people want to believe. "Riveting. A Gray State provides timely political commentary along with a fascinating true-life crime tale." - The Hollywood Reporter "Everyone loves a conspiracy - which is one of the reasons this tantalizing and fascinating real-life story makes for compelling viewing. But it's also supremely timely...a highly topical and resonant trip...exposing a Trumpian world where facts are rejected in favor of paranoia and conjecture." - Screen Daily |
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