Henry Fonda for President
Documentary, History | 2024 | 184MIN
Director
Alexander Horwath
Cast
Henry Fonda
A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had “no good answers to anything” becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history. His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America’s past and present – on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic – the United States of Fonda.
Q&A with Jake Perlin and J. Hoberman following 5/18 screening.
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Q&A with J. Hoberman and Jake Perlin
Film critic J. Hoberman and film programmer Jake Perlin join us at the Roxy Cinema for a post-film discussion following a screening of new feature, Henry Fonda for President.
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