Our New President is a 2018 documentary produced by Third Party Films.[1] It follows the story of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and is told entirely through footage from Russian state-sponsored media. Our New President is a satire about the Russian media and its take on American politics.[2][3]
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| Directed by | Maxim Pozdorovkin |
| Produced by | Joe Bender, Maxim Pozdorovkin, Charlotte Cook |
| Edited by | Maxim Pozdorovkin, Matvey Kulakov |
| Music by | Ivan Markovsky and The Presidential Band |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Russia/U.S.A. |
| Languages | English and Russian |
The film was originally made as an amateur short 12 minute collage of short clips from Russian media outlets and amateur clips by Russians for Field of Vision.[4] It was subsequently expanded into a full-length documentary, showing how the Russian media (especially Russia 1, Russia Today and NTV) overhyped the election of Trump in a Russo-centric manner, falsified information leading common Russian people to behave irrationally.[5]
Reception
editOur New President premiered in the World Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.[6][7][8] It premiered on opening day of the festival. Our New President editors Maxim Pozdorovkin and Matvey Kulakov won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing.[9]
Reactions to the documentary, made mostly of loosely stitched visuals from various Russian media as well as home videos made by Russians, were mixed. It received 6 out of 10 points on IMDb[10] while The Collider gave it an unfavourable "F".[11] The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars.[12] The Hollywood Reporter gave it a mixed review.[13]
References
edit- ^ humans.txt. "Third Party Films". www.thirdpartyfilms.com. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "'Our New President': Maxim Pozdorovkin on Creating an Entirely Untrue Documentary". No Film School. 2018-02-02. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Charlie (January 21, 2018). "Our New President review – fake news buffet slyly links Trump with Putin". The Guardian.
- ^ "Original 12 minute video - Our new President". www.fieldofvision.org. Field of vision. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Sundance: Our New President". Film society of Lincoln Center. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Our New President, Film Review at Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2018-01-19). "Sundance Film Review: Our New President". Variety. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "our-new-president". www.sundance.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED". www.sundance.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "Ou rnew President". Internet movie database. IMDb. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "'Our New President' Review: As Bad As Our Current President - Sundance 2018". The Collider. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Our New President review – fake news buffet slyly links Trump with Putin". The Guardian. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "'Our New President': Film Review Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.