This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America-with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett. Low on campaign funds and lacking in name recognition, Carter relied on support from these artists to give him a crucial boost in the Democratic primaries. Once Carter was elected, the musicians became frequent guests in the White House.... (Full plot summary below)
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This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America-with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett. Low on campaign funds and lacking in name recognition, Carter relied on support from these artists to give him a crucial boost in the Democratic primaries. Once Carter was elected, the musicians became frequent guests in the White House.
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| The New York TimesGlenn Kenny“Rock & Roll President” is a potent and poignant reminder of how some things used to be and may never be again. |
| Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJimmy Carter Rock & Roll President isn’t a political documentary, but it is a civics lesson. |
| RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsIt’s a fun soulful documentary that’s rarely ever invasive, depicting the type of statesman we’re sorely missing today. |
| Original-CinKim HughesWharton’s film benefits from exceptional timing, which may not be accidental. Carter’s diplomacy and decency, his easy smile and comparatively youthful veneer contrast dramatically with the current American president and his secretive, self-aggrandizing, circled-wagons administration. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerCarter himself ties a bow on the film, noting that music is a galvanizing force and that what will unite mankind is a shared respect for truth, God, freedom and democracy. That and a righteous Allman Brothers jam. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWharton brings an extraordinary diversity of speakers to explain the wildly eclectic archive footage she assembles, with as many foreign policy experts as guitarists. |
| IndieWireEric KohnWhile Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President doesn’t always manage to fuse these recollections together, it compensates in a bevy of amusing anecdotes. |
