Docs On Trump Foe Adam Kinzinger And Venezuelan Coup Plotter Jordan Goudreau Highlight TIFF Nonfiction Lineup
deadline.comEx-GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a prominent critic of Donald Trump, will get a major platform at the Toronto International Film Festival just weeks before the U.S.
presidential election. TIFF announced its full documentary lineup this morning and among the standouts is The Last Republican, about Kinzinger’s vigorous repudiation of the former president after the January 6 insurrection.
It’s a world premiere at TIFF, directed by Steve Pink – best known for the comedy Hot Tub Time Machine. “That’s probably not a director you expect to see in TIFF docs,” admits Thom Powers, the festival’s chief documentary programmer. “Kinzinger served on the January 6th Congressional Committee alongside Liz Cheney, chose not to run again as a congressman because he could see the political writing on the wall.
But he chooses to give access to a Hollywood left winger in Steve Pink to tell his story. And why does he let Steve Pink tell his story?
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