Jerry Brown: The Disrupter (2022)
Governor Jerry Brown has had a storied political life, and Marina Zenovich’s tremendous portrait of him captures the highs and lows, augmented by present-day interviews with her protagonist. Ahead of his time in many ways, especially as an environmentalist, he is the longest-serving governor in the history of California, who eliminated the state’s billion-dollar deficit and enacted historic environmental and criminal justice reforms. From his early days in San Francisco as the son of Governor Pat Brown to his current work around climate change and nuclear threats, Zenovich’s timely film proposes a hopeful alternative to the current political morass.
Director: Marina Zenovich
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Jerry Brown as Self |
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Gray Davis as Self |
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Willie Brown as Self |
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Kathleen Brown as Self |
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Peter Coyote as Self |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self |
| Production | Marina Zenovich | Producer |
| Production | Nion McEvoy | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jodie Evans | Executive Producer |
| Production | P.G. Morgan | Producer |
| Production | Laura Michalchyshyn | Producer |
| Production | Ted Hope | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Safran | Executive Producer |
| Production | Leslie Berriman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Little | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Desich | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Adam Dorn | Music |
| Editing | Shane Lefler | Colorist |
| Editing | Chris A. Peterson | Editor |
| Crew | Nick Higgins | Cinematography |
| Production | Katie Schwartz | Line Producer |
| Production | Stuart Schwartz | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Michael Kantor | Executive Producer |
| Production | Natalie De Diego | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Natalie De Diego | Editor |
| Production | Julie Sacks | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Marina Zenovich | Director |