Death & Taxes (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Death & Taxes
| image = Death_&_Taxes_(film).jpg
| writer = Jeffrey J. Jackson
| starring =
| director = Jeffrey J. Jackson
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1993}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
| budget =
}}
Death & Taxes is a 1993 documentary film directed by Jeffrey F. Jackson about Gordon Kahl, a tax protester who was killed in a shootout with local law enforcement officials in Smithville, Arkansas in 1983.
Synopsis
The documentary focuses on Kahl, a tax protester that was killed as part of a shootout in Arkansas in 1983. It utilized interviews and archive material, as well as footage from Kahl's exhumation and the 1991 made-for-TV movie In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas starring Rod Steiger.
Reception
Variety reviewed the documentary, writing that it was "a hard-hitting reinvestigation of the 1983 Gordon Kahl case, about which questions still linger. Jackson's unfazed, investigative reporting style approach and inventive handling of familiar material make this a controversial item for fests and progressive webs."{{cite web|last1=Elley|first1=Derek|title=Review: 'Death & Taxes'|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/death-taxes-1200435039/|website=Variety|access-date=9 March 2017|date=1 December 1993}} Billboard also looked at the film and noted that it "has only a slim potential audience, but provides plenty of fodder for those interested in its subject matter."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Death+%26+Taxes%22+Gordon+Kahl&pg=PA76|title=Death & Taxes (review)|last=Applefeld|first=Catherine|date=1995-09-02|publisher=Billboard|pages=76|language=en}}
References
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External links
- Taos Land and Film [http://www.taoslandandfilm.com/D%26T%20ARTICLES.html Review Collection]
- {{IMDb title|0182962|Death & Taxes}}
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Category:American documentary films
Category:1993 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about American politics
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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