The Prosecution of an American President

Release

The film had trouble getting into production and according to left-leaning website Daily Kos it faced a "media black-out": it was scheduled to be on HBO but dropped shortly before broadcast. Due to the opposition or indifference of American companies, it was produced by Canadians, Windsor Ontario NAFTC Studios.

The Prosecution of an American President premiered on October 3 at the Hollywood ArcLight theatre. It did a select market testing in the East Coast. A proportion of profits from its theatrical release went to a veterans' charity, the Lost Soldiers Foundation.

Cast and crew

The film is directed by Dave Hagen and David J. Burke, produced by Jim Shaban and NAFTC Studios, and Lost Soldier Films, executive produced by Nathan Folks, Peter Miller and D. Channsin Berry.

Critical reaction

The New York Times found the legal arguments repetitious but said other scenes got across the human cost of the war. The Hollywood Reporter found the film unconvincing, despite the writer admitting sympathy with its arguments. Village Voice also had criticisms, finding the film made no attempt at impartiality, and sections were full of legalese. Long Island Press found it visually uninteresting but fascinating in its exploration of the border between war and murder, and awarded it 3 stars. Jim Emerson of the Chicago Sun-Times said it often felt like recycling of old news, but he defended its partisanship as a counterpoint to the dominant media.