Rebel Country
World Premiere

Rebel Country

Spotlight+
Feature | United States, UK | 81 MINUTES | English | English subtitles
Documentary, LGBTQIA+, Music, Black & African American Diaspora Stories

Country music, as Richard Nixon said in his (in)famous address at the Grand Ole Opry in 1974, is a uniquely American genre, formed here and nowhere else. So why doesn’t the face of country reflect the diversity of the nation? That question is both asked and answered in this timely and urgent film. Rebel Country exposes the diverse roots of country music, reclaiming the contributions of Black and Mexican-American musicians and uncovering the history of segregation and censorship that has made so-called “bro country” the norm in Nashville. 

But all of that is changing as LGBTQ+ performers, as well as women artists and artists of color, are claiming their place in country music. Rebel Country has the electric atmosphere of a documentary that’s being made in the right place at the right time, an excitement that’s supercharged by musical performances from iconoclasts like Lainey Wilson, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Jelly Roll, Blanco Brown, Jake Blount, Rissi Palmer, Frank Ray, Brooke Eden, Sam Williams, BRELAND and Lindsay Ell.––Jarod Neece


Rebel Country will be preceded by the short Dynasty and Destiny.

After the Premiere Screening: A special performance by platinum selling country music artist BRELAND.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Francis Whately
Director
Francis Whately
Producer
Francis Whately
Cinematographer
Louis Caulfield
Editor
Mike Duly
Composer
Nick Watson
Executive Producer
Janet Lee, Gabriel Jagger
Cast
Blanco Brown, Jelly Roll, Breland, Lainey Wilson, Sam Williams, Lindsay Ell

Contacts
US Sales Contact
Shirley Bowers
Fremantle
Burbank, CA 91505
shirley.bowers@fremantle.com
International Sales Contact
Shirley Bowers
Fremantle
Burbank, CA 91505
shirley.bowers@fremantle.com
Press Contact
Organic
Organic
Los Angeles , 90028
rebelcountry@organic-publicity.com
Print Source
Paul Jackson
paul.jackson@bmg.com
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