Bad Press
EDITOR / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / ADDITIONAL CAMERA
When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government's corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of Indian country.
🏆 Special Jury Award @ SUNDANCE FILM FESITVAL
🏆 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD NOMINATION
📀 Streaming on CRITERION COLLECTION
Dir. Joe Peeler & Rebecca Landberry-Baker
NYT Critics’ Pick
“Jean Rheem’s editing balances characterful detail and humor with considerable narrative propulsion. Like the political skullduggery it depicts, “Bad Press” tells a tale we’d love never to see played out again— yet watching it is undeniably entertaining.”
- VARIETY
“AN ODE TO THE JOYS OF LOCAL REPORTING, A PORTRAIT OF A PLACE WITH ITS SHARE OF ECCENTRICS AND HEELS.”
- THE NEW YORKER
“…AN ABSORBING, EYE-OPENING LOOK AT THE FIGHT FOR A FREE AND OPEN PRESS IN THE MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION…”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES