A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 7, 2017
Original Title:
A Gray State
Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie
Production Companies:
A&E IndieFilms
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 93
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 of 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.
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Additional Editing:
Robert Erickson
Additional Music:
Mark Leggett
Additional Photography:
Jeff Saunders
Associate Producer:
Mason Hendricks
Consulting Editor:
Richard Hankin
Director:
Erik Nelson
Director of Photography:
Tom Kaufman
Editor:
Lara Andre
Executive In Charge Of Production:
Dave Harding
Executive Producer:
Werner Herzog
Molly Thompson
Elaine Frontain Bryant
Rob Sharenow
Legal Services:
Marc H. Simon
Music:
David Crowley
Other:
Dave Harding
Robert Erickson
Producer:
Amy Briamonte
Erik Nelson
Sound:
Wayne Bell
Blas Kisic
Supervising Producer:
Peter Hankoff
Robert Erickson
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