A documentary biography of George Wallace, a four-time candidate for the presidency and Alabama governor for nearly two decades. Based on historian Dan Carter’s “The Politics of Rage,” the film is about the rise of white backlash, the turn of American politics towards the right in the aftermath of the civil rights movement, and the role that Wallace played in this history. The film aired as a two night special on the PBS series THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and was called “stunning and probing,” and “boisterous” by The New York Times, “a full-blown Shakespearean saga... riveting” by the Houston Chronicle, “a brilliant achievement" by the Memphis Commercial Appeal, “a remarkable documentary” by the National Journal, “mesmerizing” by the Boston Globe, and a “gripping documentary, fluent, explosive… swift-paced and seamless” by the Toronto Star. Newsday said it “sets the television on fire,” while the Wall Street Journal wrote that the film was a “documentary filled with enough drama and dark comedy, wry twists of fate and fortune, corruption of the spirit and of the body politic, sin and salvation to make fans of ‘The Sopranos’ forget for a while.” Finally, the Texas Observer wrote that the film was “an epic political biography... makes most fictional films seem thin and lifeless by comparison.” “George Wallace” was included as one of the films in the 2001 Academy Awards Oscar Night “Tribute to Documentaries.” Directed and produced by Paul Stekler and Dan McCabe, written with Steve Fayer, and edited by McCabe, it premiered at: Sundance Film Festival (winner of the Special Jury Prize for writing in a documentary) and won an Emmy.
