A Gray State
Released
August 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m
In 2010 David Crowley, an Iraq veteran, aspiring filmmaker and charismatic up-and-coming voice in fringe politics, began production on his film Gray State. Set in a dystopian near-future where civil liberties are trampled by an unrestrained federal government, the film’s crowd funded trailer was enthusiastically received by the burgeoning online community of libertarians, Tea Party activists and members of the nascent alt-right. In January of 2015, Crowley was found dead with his family in their suburban Minnesota home. Their shocking deaths quickly become a cause célèbre for conspiracy theorists who speculate that Crowley was assassinated by a shadowy government concerned about a film and filmmaker that was getting too close to the truth about their aims.
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Cast & Crew
David Crowley
Self - Director, "Gray State" (archive footage)
- DM
Danny August Mason
Self - "Gray State" Co-Creator / Actor
Alex E. Jones
Self - Radio Personality (archive footage)
- SW
Sean Wright
Self - David's Friend
- JA
Jason Allen
Self - "Gray State" Fan
- JS
Joseph Seaton
Self - David's Friend
- MH
Mason Hendricks
Self - David's Friend
- CP
Chris Peck
Self - David's Friend
- KC
Komel Crowley
Self - David's Wife (archive footage)
- DS
Dan Crowley Sr.
Self - David's Father
- JP
Judy Prochnow
Self - Neighbor
- CP
Collin Prochnow
Self - Neighbor
- TL
Tom Lyden
Self - Reporter, Fox 9 Minneapolis
- CZ
Cory Zurowski
Self - Feature Writer, City Pages
- GF
Greg Fernandez
Self - "Citizen Investigator"
- DH
Dan Hennen
Self - "Citizen Investigator"
- DJ
Dan Crowley Jr.
Self - David's Older Brother
- MH
Mitch Heil
Self - David's Best Friend in High School
Erik Nelson
Director
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