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On the latest Around the Lens REEL review, Dave and Zach discuss the fantastic new documentary HOMEGROWN.
Directed by Michael Premo, the film follows three Trump supporters as the nation leads up to the January 6th insurrection. The camera follows the three men as they go to protests, commit hate crimes, and have uncomfortable moments with their families. One of the men, Chris Quaglin, is documented shockingly as he breaks into the US Capitol, fights with law enforcement, and somehow gets away with it all.
The film has incredible footage of private interactions with the MAGA supporters’ family and friends as they head down the extremist pipeline, as so many people did in 2020. Anyone who wants to understand how normal Americans went from chatting with their families about home renovations to attacking US Capitol policemen within a couple of months needs to watch this film.
The conversations in this film should be studied to help save future generations from what this country has become.
HOMEGROWN is an award-winning documentary that, as someone who covered the far-right movement for years in the lead-up to January 6th, I only dream of having made. The intimate details the filmmakers have drawn from the subjects in hotel rooms, as they build their own kids’ bedrooms, are incredible. The filmmakers Michael Premo (director) and Rachel Falcone (producer), along with the incredible photojournalist Jim Urquhart, have truly created a masterpiece here that should be watched and studied.
Rent the film on Gathr https://gathr.com/vod/4f215f76/homegrown
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33022318/reference/?ref_=fn_t_3
