The Reconstruction of Asa Carter
Directed byMarco Ricci
Produced byDouglas Newman
CinematographyPeter Olsen
Edited by
  • David Massachi
  • Marco Ricci
Music byPete Anderson
Production
companies
  • G. T. T. Gone to Texas
  • ITVS
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Reconstruction of Asa Carter is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Marco Ricci. It is about Asa Earl Carter (1925–1979), who was a segregationist activist in the Southern United States in the 1950s and 1960s, before he had mainstream success in the 1970s as the supposed Cherokee novelist Forrest Carter, which created a scandal when his real identity was revealed.[1]

The film consists of archive footage and interviews with Carter's friends and associates, who were often unaware of his multiple careers and personas.[1][2] It was produced by G. T. T. Gone to Texas and ITVS. The runtime is 57 minutes.[3]

Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters wrote that the film does not pretend to reveal the true Carter, but treats his elusiveness and contradictory sides as traits in themselves.[4] In The Journal of American History, James I. Deutsch called the documentary fascinating and wrote that it is based on solid research, successfully showing Carter's different faces.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Deutsch, James I. (2013). "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter". The Journal of American History. 100 (1): 313–314. doi:10.1093/jahist/jat177.
  2. ↑ Sobich, Nora (October 13, 2021). "Rassistischer Hochstapler aus Alabama - Das Doppelleben des Asa E. Carter". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Briley, Ron (2012). "Review: The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, by Douglas Newman, Laura Browder, Marco Ricci, Michael Fix, and Peter Olsen". The Public Historian. 34 (3): 98–100. doi:10.1525/tph.2012.34.3.98.
  4. ↑ Fuchs, Cynthia (November 1, 2011). "The Reconstruction of Asa Carter". PopMatters. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

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