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Not to be confused with Fred: The Movie.
Fred
Directed byJohn Fitzgerald Keitel
Produced byJohn Fitzgerald Keitel
StarringFred Karger
Production
company
ThinkFree TV
Release date
  • April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) (MonIFF)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fred is a 2014 American documentary film that chronicles the 2012 presidential campaign of the first openly gay candidate in a major political party in American history, Fred Karger. Fred premiered at the Monadnock International Film Festival on April 4, 2014.[1]

Background

Director John Fitzgerald Keitel followed the Fred Karger Presidential campaign for more than two years, as it crisscrossed the country. Keitel captured hundreds of hours of campaigning and tied this together by interviewing young gay activists about how Karger's campaign changed their lives.[2]

Keitel had previously documented Karger's efforts to save the Boom Boom Room, a historic gay bar in Laguna Beach, California.

Synopsis

In 2009, Karger launched his presidential campaign at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. Over the next two and a half years, Fred shows his campaign at the Republican presidential primaries. Fred captures Karger qualifying for a Fox News Debate and for CPAC, but being excluded from these.

Reception

Fred received mainly positive reviews in the US News and World Report, the Huffington Post and the Concord Monitor.[3][4] Fred played all around New Hampshire from Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center to Concord High School.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Premiere of 'FRED'". April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Wilson, Iain (April 11, 2014). "Former GOP Presidential Candidate Candidate Fred Karger Visits Concord High School to Promote Film Positivity". Concord Monitor. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Schwab, Niki (April 11, 2014). "Doc Details the Adventures of the First Gay GOP Presidential Candidate". US News and World Report. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Shapiro, Lila (April 10, 2014). "Gay Republican Fred Karger Reflects on his 2012 Presidential Campaign, New Documentary". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Insider's Look into Presidential Campaigns, Fred Karger". Huffington Post. April 1, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.


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