The Bundy Family And The New Militia Movement

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 15, 2017

Director and producer Rick Rowley joins us to discuss his new film for FRONTLINE, “American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government." The film explores the standoff between the Bundy ranching family and the federal government, and how it inspired a larger armed militia movement.

"American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government" airs May 16 at 10 p.m. on WNET. 

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