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| '''''A Gray State''''' is a 2017 ] film directed by ] and executive produced by ], first broadcast on the ]. It explores the |
'''''A Gray State''''' is a 2017 ] film directed by ] and executive produced by ], first broadcast on the ]. It explores the death of aspiring filmmaker David Crowley and the murders of his wife and child in 2014. The film tells the story of Crowley's military service in the Middle East, his efforts to fund and make a film, and explores the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Crowley had been working on a feature film he called ''Gray State''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wilkinson |first=Alec |date=April 3, 2017 |title=American Chronicles: Death of a Dystopian |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/death-of-a-dystopian |magazine=]}}</ref> Herzog and Nelson had previously worked together on 2005's '']'', which Nelson produced, and Herzog directed.<ref name=aetvAGrayState/><ref name=nytimes2017-11-02/> | ||
| Crowley had been working on a feature film he called ''Gray State''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilkinson |first=Alec |date=April 3, 2017 |title=American Chronicles: Death of a Dystopian |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/death-of-a-dystopian |magazine=] |quote=Alt-right conspiracy theorists think that the government killed the aspiring Libertarian filmmaker David Crowley. The truth is far stranger.}}</ref> | |||
| In Crowley's film shadowy elements from within the US government declare a state of emergency start rounding up ordinary Americans, placing them in ], or flat out murdering them. Heroic fans of the Constitutions Second Amendment try to resist. | |||
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| | quote = Perhaps because Mr. Crowley was drawn to the paranoid fringe (he is shown meeting and watching Alex Jones), the deaths became a cause for conspiracy theorists. | |||
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| | title = A Gray State: An A&E IndieFilms Presentation | | title = A Gray State: An A&E IndieFilms Presentation | ||
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| | quote = Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film’s crowdfunded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists as well as members of the nascent alt-right. | |||
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2017 film| A Gray State | |
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| Directed by | Erik Nelson |
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A Gray State is a 2017 documentary film directed by Erik Nelson and executive produced by Werner Herzog, first broadcast on the A&E Network. It explores the death of aspiring filmmaker David Crowley and the murders of his wife and child in 2014. The film tells the story of Crowley's military service in the Middle East, his efforts to fund and make a film, and explores the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Crowley had been working on a feature film he called Gray State. Herzog and Nelson had previously worked together on 2005's Grizzly Man, which Nelson produced, and Herzog directed.
References
- Wilkinson, Alec (April 3, 2017). "American Chronicles: Death of a Dystopian". The New Yorker.
- "A Gray State: An A&E IndieFilms Presentation". Arts & Entertainment TV. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- Ben Kenigsberg (2017-11-02). "Review: 'A Gray State,' Behind a Filmmaker's Madness". The New York Times. p. C10. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
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