The Reagan Show
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Director: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez
2017 / 75min / DCP
All-archival documentary The Reagan Show observes Hollywood ham-cum-Leader of the Free World Ronnie as he plays the role of a lifetime. Teasing apart the spectacle at the heart of finger-on-the-button global diplomacy, Pettingill and Velez’s assemblage follows Reagan’s rivalry with charismatic Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, tracing how the Communicator-in-Chief uses his public relations chops to overcome Soviet mistrust, the objections of a skeptical press corps, and the looming threat of WWIII. Crafted with ironic wit and composed entirely of 1980s network news and videotapes created by the Reagan administration itself, the film explores Reagan’s made-for-TV approach to politics as he faced down the United States’ greatest rival.
Q&A with director Pacho Velez, moderated by filmmaker Scott Cummings on Sunday, October 20th
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