“The chilling War Game is very much trying to capture a toxic trait of American democracy without falling into the pit of ideology.” Dominic Patten, Deadline
“As fascinating as it is terrifying.” Simon Thompson, Forbes
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Film Screening and Panel: War Game
September 25 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeThe Duke Program in American Grand Strategy invites you to a screening of and panel for the film: War Game on Wednesday, September 25th from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM) in Griffith Film Theater. Gwen Camp will join us for the panel discussion.
** Newly added panel member Tate Nurkin, game designer and Duke graduate. **
This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Documentary Studies and POLIS: Center for Politics.
Register for the event here.
Synopsis
A real-life political thriller set on January 6, 2025, War Game imagines a nation-wide insurrection in which members of the US military defect to support the losing Presidential candidate, while the winning candidate and his advisors—played by an all-star roster of senior officials from the last five administrations—war games the crisis in the White House situation room. They have 6 hours to save democracy as the country teeters on the brink of civil war. (94 min. running time)
Critic’s Pick and hailed as “A nail-biter of a documentary.” by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Rolling Stone magazine critic, David Fear writes,“The scariest documentary you’ll see this year. Something between a standard fly-on-the-wall documentary paced like a political thriller and a horror movie.”