FILM: Jimmy Carter: Rock N Roll President

(USA, 2020, 96 mins, color, NR) 

Featuring Jimmy Carter, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Madeleine Albright 

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. Carter's lifelong passion for music gave him an unexpected edge as a presidential candidate. Through folk, soul, gospel, jazz, and rock 'n' roll, Carter tapped into a force that transcended divides. - Letterboxd.com/RottenTomatoes.com 

“Even more than the music itself, or Carter's passion for it, this alertness to sharedness is what ultimately makes the film moving as well as so pleasurable.” Mark Feeney, Boston Globe, 9/11/20