Hollywood's Moses became the NRA's prophet—what happened to Charlton Heston?
A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of many mythic heroes who was both a staunch defender of the Civil Rights movement during the sixties and a spokesman for the National Rifle Association in his later years. The extraordinary and controversial public and personal career of one of the greatest film personalities of all time.
Editing
Juxtaposes 60s civil rights marches with 90s NRA rallies brutally well.
Writing
Refuses easy answers about how heroes become villains to half the audience.
Director
Maud Guillaumin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heston actually picketed a segregated Oklahoma theater showing his own movie in 1961—decades before the NRA presidency made him conservative enemy #1 for liberals.
The 'from my cold, dead hands' speech at the 2000 NRA convention was delivered just five days after Columbine, making it one of Hollywood's most politically radioactive moments ever captured on tape.
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