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A Gray State (2017)

A Gray State poster
Directed by
Erik Nelson
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary investigates the life and death of aspiring filmmaker David Crowley who killed his wife and child in 2014. It examines his military service and his work on a feature film called Gray State.

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What happens

A Gray State is a 2017 documentary film directed by Erik Nelson and executive produced by Werner Herzog, first broadcast on the A&E Network. It explores the death of aspiring filmmaker David Crowley and his murdering of his wife and child in 2014. The film tells the story of Crowley's military service in the Middle East, his efforts to fund and make a film, and explores the circumstances surrounding the deaths. Crowley had been working on a feature film he called Gray State. Herzog and Nelson had previously worked together on 2005's Grizzly Man, which Nelson produced, and Herzog directed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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