Part of the Living Together Film Series, curated by Konstantia Kontaxis. Living Together is curated by Rina Carvajal, MOAD’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, and independent curator Joseph R. Wolin.
(2017), 74 minutes, Directors: Sierra Pettengill and Pancho Velez, USA
Constructed entirely from 1980s network news and videotapes created by the Reagan administration itself, Velez and Pettengill’s prescient documentary presents Ronald Reagan as the first made-for-TV president—a man whose experience as a performer and public relations expert made him a unique match for an emerging modern political landscape, and for his chief rival, charismatic Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.