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Back to EpisodesLOUDER THAN GUNS: Director Doug Pray on Music, Dialogue, and America's Gun Divide
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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Doug Pray joins The Fixate & Binge Podcast to discuss his powerful new film, LOUDER THAN GUNS, created on the road alongside Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show.
Following the tragic 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Secor embarked on a deeply personal journey to bridge America's seemingly impossible divide over gun rights and gun violence. Traveling across the country during Old Crow Medicine Show's concert tour, the filmmakers transformed barbershops, barbecue joints, churches, and gun stores into spaces for honest, compassionate conversation.
Doug shares the origins of the documentary, the challenges of navigating one of America's most emotionally charged issues, and how music became an unlikely vehicle for empathy, healing, and meaningful dialogue. We also explore the unique role Ketch Secor played in disarming participants, finding common ground, and proving that civil discourse remains possible—even in our most polarized times.
This is a thoughtful, timely conversation about documentary filmmaking, storytelling, and the urgent need to rediscover how to talk to one another.
Joe also shares a spoiler-free reaction to Damian McCarthy's latest folk horror film HOKUM.
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