The director of a new documentary “Hinckley: I Shot The President”, Neil McGregor is the guest.
In March 1981, inspired by a dangerous obsession with the film “Taxi Driver” and actress Jodie Foster, a man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. The attack shocked the world and forever changed American history. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, Hinckley spent thirty-five years in a psychiatric hospital. Nearly 40 years later, a judge granted him his unconditional release.
“Hinckley: I Shot The President” presents an unsparing profile of a man whose shocking act of political violence forever changed a nation and still resonates today. It examines Hinckley’s troubled early life, his obsessions and other attempts at assassination, the lead-up and aftermath of his attack on Reagan, and whether or not redemption is possible for one of America’s most infamous men, especially in a nation deeply divided by politics and gripped by gun violence. Stream the film.
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