Homegrown

2024 • 109’ • USA

HOMEGROWN is a verité portrait of a fractured America, offering an unprecedented look at right-wing activists as they search for purpose and power — with dire consequences.

Director:
Michael Premo

Producer:
Rachel Falcone, Michael Premo

  • In Competition
    Venice Critics’ Week

    Camden International Film Festival 2024
    Filmfest Hamburg 2024
    Hawaii International Film Festival 2024
    New/Next Film Festival 2024
    Mill Valley Film Festival 2024
    Zurich Film Festival 2024
    Hamptons International Film Festival 2024
    Buffalo International Film Festival 2024
    Portland Film Festival 2024
    Santa Fe International Film Festival 2024
    Montclair Film Festival 2024
    Film Festival Cologne 2024
    Adelaide Film Festival 2024
    Kyiv IFF MOLODIST 2024
    Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2024
    Denver Film Festival 2024
    Festival dei Popoli 2024
    American Film Festival 2024
    Stockholm International Film Festival 2024
    Double Exposure Festival 2024
    Zinebi 2024
    DOCNYC 2024
    Cucalorus Film Festival 2024
    Palm Springs Film Festival 2025
    Tromsø International Film Festival 2025
    FIPADOC 2025
    DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2025
    Victoria Film Festival 2025
    Antenna International Documentary Film Festival 2025
    Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2025
    Glasgow Film Festival 2025
    Americana Film Festival 2025
    Salem Film Festival 2025
    ZagrebDox 2025
    IMPACTE! Human Rights Film Festival 2025
    Festival Quai du Polar 2025
     Istanbul Film Festival 2025
    Washington, DC International Film Festival 2025
    DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2025
    Monadock Documentary Festival 2025

Filmmaker’s Biography

Michael Premo is a journalist, filmmaker, and artist. He directed the award-winning short film and photo exhibition WATER WARRIORS (POV), a story about a community’s successful resistance to the oil and gas industry. It has since been rebroadcasted hundreds of times by PBS stations across the country, including annually in November. He also co-directed the participatory documentary SANDY STORYLINE (Jury Award winner at the Tribeca Film Festival), the site-specific performance SANCTUARY (The Working Theater), and the PBS series VETERANS COMING HOME. Michael has directed, produced, and co-written original film, radio, and theater with numerous companies including The Foundry Theater, The Civilians, and the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps on NPR. Michael’s photography has appeared in publications like The Village Voice, The New York Times, and Het Parool. He has been an artist-in-residence with Camargo Foundation, The Laundromat Project, and the National Resource Defense Council. He is the recipient of an NBC News Studios Original Voices Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, A Blade of Grass Artist Files Fellowship, and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Award.