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‘Civil War’ Director Alex Garland Warns Mistrust of Journalists ‘Makes Life Dangerous For Everyone’
'Civil War' director Alex Garland talks about how the erosion of democracy globally inspired his new film.
The star-studded cast unanimously agreed with Offerman, all singing Garland’s praises at the movie’s premiere at the Tedd Mann Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Set in a dystopian future America, the story follows wartime photojournalist Lee ( Kirsten Dunst) and her fellow reporters as they race to reach Washington D.C. before rebels incite an insurrection at the White House to remove the three-term authoritarian president (Nick Offerman). Wagner Moura, who plays Reuters journalist Joel in the film, said he thinks audiences need to pay more attention to the dangers of polarization and its threat on democracy.
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