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BAD PRESS

By Rebecca LANDSBERRY-BAKER, Joe PEELER

Documentary - Completed 2022

When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.

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Sundance Film Festival 2023

U.S. Documentary Competition

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Rebecca LANDSBERRY-BAKER, Joe PEELER
- Synopsis
- Angel Ellis is just trying to do her job. She’s a reporter for Mvskoke Media in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and she wants to give her readers access to all the information relevant to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. But that’s not an easy task, given that Angel and her colleagues believe in truth and transparency and aren't afraid to challenge the integrity of some questionable tribal officials. Fast-forward to a confusing whirlwind of an emergency session at the National Council, where the 2015 Free Press Act is repealed, Mvskoke Media's independent editorial board is dissolved, and the newspaper is placed under the direction of the Secretary of the Nation and Commerce. Now the real fight begins.
  
  Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler tell a nuanced, empowering tale of a modern Native community fighting for transparency and access to information in order to hold their government accountable. Bad Press is an energizing watch — full of humor, humanity, and numerous twists and turns.

BAD PRESS

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