#72. Reagan
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Producers: Kathleen Fournier
Distributor: Rights Available.
The Gist: There’s no official synopsis but the fest mentions that “Jarecki avoids the predictable and takes the long view on Reagan’s life and influence, while staying centered on him as a man of deep contradiction; an American whose patriotism paradoxically led him to impeachable acts, a liberal Democrat who came to define the modern conservative movement”.….(more)
List Worthy Reasons…: Tea Party movement folk and documentary films fans alike will want to watch out for this portrait on a U.S president whose legacy can unfortunately be felt until this day. From a diligent docu-helmer in Eugene Jarecki (whose track record of The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) and Why We Fight (2005) we can expect an all-encompassing, no one side favored viewpoint and something that will surely be timely in 2011. I wish there were more docs on this list.
Release Date/Status?: This receives a world premiere showing at Sundance and I expect a festival pick-up probably within hours of its showing and a theatrical release sometime this year.
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