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Silhouette City

2008 · 88 min

A sober, unsettling documentary that feels like a warning, piecing together archival footage and interviews into a chilling portrait of extremism.

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Documentary
Tagline
Thy kingdom come... By any means necessary
Overview
This beautifully crafted and thoughtful film deploys rarely seen archival footage, right-wing movement propaganda and original investigative material to probe the origins of apocalyptic Christian nationalism and its most extreme adherents, as they move from the margins to the mainstream. A riveting historical document as well as cautionary commentary on power vacuums, racism and civil society apathy, SILHOUETTE CITY prefigures the so-called “alt right” forces that now rally around Trump as their emboldening metropole. This history is troubling enough to be fiction, but in fact, this is the factual story of one faction of American fascism and its rise to the mainstream.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • faith
  • power
  • corruption
  • race
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Michael W. Wilson
Written by
Michael W. Wilson, Natalie Zimmerman
Starring
Chris Hedges, Michelle Goldberg, Robert Jay Lifton, D. James Kennedy, Kerry Noble
Runtime
88 min

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