Quest for Power: Sketches of American New Right (1982)
Directed by Frank Diamand / Saúl Landau
Run Time - 52 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis
Documentary chronicling the emergence of the religious New Right in the early Eighties, when, buoyed by the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan as President, conservative politicians and organizations launched nationwide attacks on communism, homosexuality, feminism, abortion, pornography and liberal politicians. By profiling such influential figures as religious broadcaster and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell, anti-Equal Rights Amendment activist Phyllis Schlafly, conservative Senator Jesse Hel