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In the Kingdom of a Unabomber
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In the Kingdom of a Unabomber
IDFA 2000

In the Kingdom of a Unabomber

Errol Morris
United States
2000
24 min
Festival history

Laughing nervously, psychologist Gary Greenberg talks about his correspondence with the imprisoned terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber. The ambitious Greenberg, like Kaczynski at the time, had difficulties getting published. By interviewing the Unabomber, he hoped some publisher would be attracted by his fame. After some time, however, he gets caught up in Kaczynski’s rhetoric and in a battle with other potential interviewers who are trying to defame each other to Kaczynski. ‘It’s my Unabomber!’

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Director
Production
    Michael Williams for Scout Productions,
    David Collins,
    Globe Department Store
World Sales
    Scout Productions
    Scout Productions