“Homegrown”, interview with the director Michael Premo

September 7, 2024

Michael Premo, director, "Homegrown". A hard-hitting doc on nationalism and Trump supporters in USA.

"Homegrown", interview with the director Michael Premo Angelo Acerbi

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Included in the competition in the Critic’s Week section, at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, “Homegrown” by Micheal Premo is a closer depiction of the life of three nationalists in Usa Trump supporters, preparing for the infamous assault to the Capitol in Washington on October 6. We met with the director to know more about it.

Being accepted was the hard part

As a black man, for the director of “Homegrown” Micheal Premo it was paramount in order to be able to make the film being accepted and gaining the trust of the men he was filming: not an easy task.

Disillusion is what’s left

The protagonists of Micheal Premo‘s doc “Homegrown” were left with disillusion and bitterness, as the beliefs they were fighting for and the political and social system they were supporting left them alone. Justice was served and it was not a pleasant meal.

Plot

Homegrown is an unflinching chronicle of Americans at war with each other. Three right-wing activists—a newly politicised father-to-be in New Jersey, an Air Force veteran organising conservatives in New York City, and a charismatic activist from Texas—crisscross the country in the summer of 2020, campaigning for Donald Trump and building a movement they hope will outlast him. When they become convinced that the election is stolen, they take their fight to the streets. The result is a chilling portrait of a growing movement pushing American democracy to the brink.

Written by: Angelo Acerbi

Guest

Michael Premo

Film

Homegrown

Festival

Critics Week - Venice

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