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New Documentary THE KING Explores Elvis As A Metaphor For The Country He Left Behind

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, two-time Sundance Grand Jury winner Eugene Jarecki’s new film takes the King’s 1963 Rolls-Royce on a musical road trip across America. From Memphis to New York, Las Vegas, and beyond, the journey traces the rise and fall of Elvis as a metaphor for the country he left behind.

 

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

 

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

In this groundbreaking film, Jarecki paints a visionary portrait of the state of the American Dream and a penetrating look at how the hell we got here. A diverse cast of Americans, both famous and non, join the journey.

 

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

A diverse cast of Americans, both famous and non, join the journey, including Alec Baldwin, Rosanne Cash, Chuck D, Emmylou Harris, Ethan Hawke, Van Jones, Mike Myers, and Dan Rather, among many others.

 

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

 

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Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

 

Photo credit Oscilloscope Labs – THE KING 2018

Written and Directed by: Eugene Jarecki

 

Featuring Music & Appearances by: Alec Baldwin Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers James Carville Rosanne Cash Chuck D Lana Del Rey Emisunshine and the Rain Peter Guralnick The Handsome Family Emmylou Harris Ethan Hawke John Hiatt Billie Holiday Immortal Technique Van Jones Ashton Kutcher Lindy Vision Greil Marcus Mike Myers Dan Rather Luc Sante Sigur Rós David Simon Stax Academy All Stars Big Mama Thornton M. Ward Kat Wright & Maggie Clifford

 

 

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See it on Kickstarter here – The Last White Man is a feature film produced and written by Dean Tatulli and Mark L. Mazzeo. It is a dark satire/thriller with a focus on race, identity, and social politics in modern day America. Karl Gordon, an underemployed pizza delivery boy works in his quiet suburban hometown where romantic, professional, and social failures fuel his hatred for the changing world around him, setting him on a course that can only lead to carnage. The Last White Man is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

 

THE LAST WHITE MAN is a satirical look at how a misguided obsession with victim status can lead to violence.

 

 

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