"The unconventionally riveting doc takes us on a wild and winding (car) ride back in time, via the backseat reminisces of its enigmatic star Sara Jane Moore, who in September 1975 tried to shoot President Gerald Ford outside San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel."
"Eschewing recreations for cinematically staged interviews with the infamous nonagenarian (who passed away in September at age 95), along with evocative archival footage from the era, the film attempts to solve the riddle of how and why a social-climbing housewife became an FBI informant, radical leftist and eventual would-be assassin."
"We had recently made the documentary Zoo, which was very sympathetic to people who were excoriated in the press. We gave them a voice. This was discussed with Sara Jane, and I think it appealed to her. Also, she was just coming off a press tour (Moore was paroled in December 2007) that attempted to encapsulate her experiences in two to three minute clips. I think she was hungry for a deeper dive."
Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede crafted a documentary that follows Sara Jane Moore through staged interviews and archival footage to trace her 1975 attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The film avoids recreations, privileging cinematized conversations with Moore late in life and era-specific archival material to explore her evolution from suburban housewife to FBI informant, radical activist, and would-be assassin. The narrative frames Moore’s backseat reminiscences as a winding drive through memory, raising more questions than answers and making the unpredictable journey of motive and identity the central focus. Moore engaged with the filmmakers after a superficial press tour, seeking deeper examination.
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