In the age of Black Lives Matter other civil/human rights issues, police brutality and the militarization of police are still being debated in this country. Director Sierra Pettengill (who HtN interviewed back in January) gets to the source of those […]

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Director Sierra Pettengill (The Reagan Show) just premiered her new documentary, Riotsville, USA at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. I reviewed it as part of our coverage, and before the festival even started, I had a chance to chat with […]

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(The 2022 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 all virtually.Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Riotsville, USA. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not pay just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) There’s nothing like confirmation […]

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Greetings readers, Hammer to Nail editor Don R. Lewis here welcoming you to our annual “curtain raiser” for the Sundance Film Festival. In talking to my staff, I realized that i’m pretty sure no other film site covers more films […]

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If this film had been released during the Obama administration, it might have seemed almost quaint. But in retrospect, it feels like a light rainstorm before the world-ending flood.

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