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The Reagan Show

Directed by: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez
Runtime: 1hr 15min Year: 2017
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Directed by: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez
Runtime: 1hr 15min Year: 2017
Country: United States
Last Screened: Thu 19th Oct 2017

Brimming with wit and political irony, The Reagan Show is an archival essay documentary profiling Hollywood action man Ronald Reagan's great role - leader of the free world.

“The most crucial and unique doc of the moment” – Time Out

Brimming with wit and political irony, The Reagan Show is an all-archival documentary that profiles Hollywood action man Ronald Reagan’s greatest role – leader of the free world.

Teasing apart the spectacle at the heart of finger-on-the-button global diplomacy, the film follows Ronald Reagan’s rivalry with the charismatic Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, tracing how the Communicator-in-Chief used his public relations chops to overcome Soviet mistrust, the objections of a sceptical press corps, and the looming threat of WWIII.