The Reagan show / CNN Films in association with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising Foundation ; written by Josh Alexander and Pacho Velez ; directed by Pacho Velez and Sierra Pettengill.
It is an all-archival documentary about the original performer-president's role of a lifetime. Teasing apart the spectacle at the heart of finger-on-the-button global diplomacy, the film follows Ronald Reagan's rivalry with charismatic Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, tracing how the Communicator-in-Chief uses his public relations chops to overcome Soviet mistrust, the objections of a skeptical press corps and the looming threat of WW III.
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