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Fire from the Heartland

Field	Value
name	Fire from the Heartland
image	Fire from The Heartland DVD cover.jpg
caption	DVD cover art
director	Stephen K. Bannon
producer
writer	Stephen K. Bannon
starring
music	David Cebert
cinematography	Matthew A. Taylor
editing	Matthew A. Taylor
studio
released
runtime	84 minutes
country	United States
language	English
budget	$600,000

Fire from the Heartland: The Awakening of the Conservative Woman is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by former Breitbart News LLC executive chairman Steve Bannon, and produced by David N. Bossie for Citizens United Productions. The documentary stars Michele Bachmann, Deneen Borelli, and Ann Coulter, and focuses on female participation in conservative politics.

Background

Bannon was inspired to create the documentary after seeing former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin run as John McCain's vice president running mate in the 2008 United States presidential election. In exploring the Tea Party movement, the film interviews only women. The sole male voice heard in the film is from a clip of an on-air rant by CNBC's Rick Santelli from a February 2009 broadcast.

Synopsis

The documentary looks at the idea of the conservative political female in the United States and how they have impacted and been impacted by the Tea Party movement. Bannon interviews women from different socioeconomic backgrounds and how this has had an effect on their outlook on life and in politics; the women also discuss what they believe what the future will bring and their opinions on how conservative politics and the Tea Party is portrayed in the media.

Cast

Michele Bachmann
Deneen Borelli
Ann Coulter
S. E. Cupp
Dana Loesch
Cynthia Lummis
Jenny Beth Martin
Michelle Malkin
Jamie Radtke
Phyllis Schlafly
Jean Schmidt
Janine Turner

Reception

Tina Nguyen, writing in Vanity Fair, referred to the film as propaganda by Bannon.

References

(November 23, 2016). "Steve Bannon's Bucks: Trump's Strategist Cashed In On 'Seinfeld,' Lost On Hollywood".
(26 July 2011). "Palin Filmmaker Spreads His Bets to Bachmann". The Atlantic.
(24 July 2011). "Citizens United hawking movie starring Bachmann". [[MinnPost]].
"'FIRE FROM THE HEARTLAND' BURNS BRIGHT DESPITE LIBERAL VENOM". [[Human Events]].
"Film focuses on women of the right". [[Politico]].
"Filmmaker Spotlights Role of Women in Conservative Movement". [[Fox News]].
(October 23, 2010). "Why Mama Grizzlies Run the Tea Party". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
Nguyen, Tina. (December 9, 2018). ""Let's Make You Famous": How Hollywood Invented Ben Shapiro". [[Vanity Fair (magazine).

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