A chilling all-archival deep dive into Harlan Carter’s leadership of the NRA, looking beneath the public face of the secretive organization to find a half century of white supremacist ties.

The Rifleman

A chilling all-archival deep dive into Harlan Carter’s leadership of the NRA, looking beneath the public face of the secretive organization to find a half century of white supremacist ties.

A scathing, hilarious expose of the broadcast media apparatus in a brief period of time when network TV stations used a particular satellite feed setup,&nbsp;Feed&nbsp;covers the 1992 presidential primaries in all of its twisty-turny glory. The cast of characters is one still familiar today, from George H.W. Bush to former California governor Jerry Brown to the Clintons, though its machinations and scandals are tame in comparison to today’s 24 hour news cycle. The film’s operating mode of catching and showing us its subjects in the liminal moments before they knew they were being recorded—and before others were supposed to be able to see what was being recorded—points to a time when there were strong boundaries between our online and offline (and seen and unseen) selves. Co-directed by Kevin Rafferty and the then-Washington correspondent for the&nbsp;Village Voice, James Ridgeway, and utilizing video artist and media archivist Brian Springer’s satellite recordings, this film is both sly entertainment and a roadmap for how films can resist complicity in media narratives. (This story was also a bit of a personal one, too. Rafferty was Barbara Bush’s niece!) Rafferty passed away this past summer—the DocYard is honored to present just one of his several landmark films, which always challenge the structure and logics of power with humor and great wisdom. (AS)

Feed

A scathing, hilarious expose of the broadcast media apparatus in a brief period of time when network TV stations used a particular satellite feed setup, Feed covers the 1992 presidential primaries in all of its twisty-turny glory.

Director Sierra Pettengill and editor Daniel Garber will discuss Sierra's new film, The Rifleman, a chilling all-archival deep dive into Harlan Carter’s leadership of the NRA, looking beneath the public face of the secretive organization to find a half century of white supremacist ties.

The Rifleman Live Q&A with director Sierra Pettengill

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