Homegrown
ABOUT
Homegrown is an unflinching chronicle of Americans at war with each other. Three right-wing activists—a newly politicized father-to-be in New Jersey, an Air Force veteran organizing conservatives in New York City, and a charismatic activist from Texas—crisscross the country in the summer of 2020, campaigning for Donald Trump and building a movement they hope will outlast him. When they become convinced that the election is stolen, they take their fight to the streets. The result is a chilling portrait of a growing movement pushing American democracy to the brink.
Michael Premo (Director/ Producer) is a journalist, filmmaker, and artist. He directed the award-winning short film and photo exhibition Water Warriors (POV), a story about a community’s successful resistance to the oil and gas industry. It has since been rebroadcasted hundreds of times by PBS stations across the country, including annually in November. He also co-directed the participatory documentary Sandy Storyline (Jury Award winner at the Tribeca Film Festival), the site-specific performance Sanctuary (The Working Theater), and the PBS series Veterans Coming Home. Michael has directed, produced, and co-written original film, radio, and theater with numerous companies including The Foundry Theater, The Civilians, and the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps on NPR. Michael’s photography has appeared in publications like The Village Voice, The New York Times, and Het Parool. He has been an artist-in-residence with Camargo Foundation, The Laundromat Project and the National Resource Defense Council. He is the recipient of an NBC News Studios Original Voices Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, A Blade of Grass Artist Files Fellowship, and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Award.
CREDITS
Michael Premo
ACE; Shilpa Kunnappillil
Jim Urquhart
Robyn Braun Serrano
Marshall Hanig
Editors:
Kristen Nutile, ACE
Shilpa Kunnappillil
Co-Producers:
Jim Urquhart
Robyn Braun Serrano
Marshall Hanig
Original Music: Khari Mateen
Executive Producers: Jenny Raskin & Kelsey Koenig (Impact Partners), James Costa & Trevor Burgess (Bird Street Productions), Gary Hess, Alysa Nahmias (AJNA Films)
Co-Executive Producers:
Nina & David Fialkow, Marni E.J. Grossman, Lauren Haber, Elizabeth King & Michael Steiner –
Impact Partners