Against All Enemies
Date : Thursday, February 6, 2025
Against All Enemies goes deep inside the violent extremist movement in America to explore the historical roots of insurrectionism and its conspiracy-fueled draw for veterans.
Overview
Through gripping personal perspectives and with never-before-seen footage of the Oath Keepers, Against All Enemies goes deep inside the violent extremist movement in America to explore the historical roots of insurrectionism and its conspiracy-fueled draw for veterans.
The film explores the historical roots of the insurrectionist cause, its conspiracy-fueled draw for today’s veterans, and the top-cover coming from powerful politicians and highly decorated former military officers. Against All Enemies is both a warning about an existential threat to democracy in 2024, and a beacon for those hoping to combat it.
Director Charlie Sadoff, Film subject and Former Air Force Officer Denver Riggleman, and American University Professor and Director of Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) Cynthia Miller-Idriss will be in attendance for a post-screening conversation.
Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs and in the School of Education at the American University in Washington, DC, where she is also the founding director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). She is a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur and recently served as the inaugural creative lead for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s residency program on social cohesion in Berlin, Germany.
She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of seven books, including Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism (Princeton University Press, forthcoming in 2025) and Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right (Princeton University Press, 2022). Dr. Miller-Idriss writes frequently for mainstream audiences, as an opinion columnist for MSNBC and in other recent by-lines in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, Politico, USA Today, The Boston Globe, and more.
- Dir. Charlie Sadoff | 1 hr 47 min
- Documentary | United States | 2024
- English