Death & Taxes is a 1993 documentary film directed by Jeffrey F. Jackson about Gordon Kahl, a tax protester who was killed in a shootout with local law enforcement officials in Smithville, Arkansas in 1983.
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| Directed by | Jeffrey J. Jackson |
| Written by | Jeffrey J. Jackson |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editThe documentary focuses on Kahl, a tax protester that was killed as part of a shootout in Arkansas in 1983. It utilized interviews and archive material, as well as footage from Kahl's exhumation and the 1991 made-for-TV movie In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas starring Rod Steiger.
Reception
editVariety reviewed the documentary, writing that it was "a hard-hitting reinvestigation of the 1983 Gordon Kahl case, about which questions still linger. Jackson's unfazed, investigative reporting style approach and inventive handling of familiar material make this a controversial item for fests and progressive webs."[1] Billboard also looked at the film and noted that it "has only a slim potential audience, but provides plenty of fodder for those interested in its subject matter."[2]
References
edit- ^ Elley, Derek (1 December 1993). "Review: 'Death & Taxes'". Variety. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Applefeld, Catherine (1995-09-02). Death & Taxes (review). Billboard. p. 76.
External links
edit- Taos Land and Film Review Collection
- Death & Taxes at IMDb
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