The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015) on Netflix
NR20151h 30mDocumentary
Frank, a nonpolitical Kennedy Democrat, turned combative and Republican after conservative talk radio filled his long commute. His daughter, a filmmaker, wants to know what changed him.
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- Netflix3.2/5
- IMDb7.0/101,690 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes58%
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Frank was a mild-mannered Kennedy Democrat with little interest in politics. In the late 1980s and 1990s, while commuting to a new job, he started listening to conservative talk radio, Rush Limbaugh in particular, and watching Fox News, and he grew combative and Republican. His daughter, a filmmaker, tries to understand what turned him. People who saw her Kickstarter campaign and had similar stories wrote to her. Her inquiry also takes in earlier efforts to shape public opinion, among them a plan Roger Ailes drafted while Richard Nixon was president.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015)
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- The film drew 947 backers on Kickstarter; people who noticed the campaign and had similar stories wrote to Jen Senko, who interviewed them by Skype and put them in the film. One backer, Ryan Smith, became an executive producer and provided the remaining funding needed.
- Jen Senko's father Frank was a mild-mannered "nonpolitical Kennedy Democrat" who became a combative far-right Republican in the late 1980s and 1990s after listening to conservative talk radio, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News during a long commute to a new job. In his final years his wife Eileen brought his views back to the middle of the road.
