In a new documentary, Elvis is a metaphor for the American Dream
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki traces Elvis Presley's meteoric rise and tragic fall in his new documentary, The King.
To some people, there's no one more American than Elvis Presley. A guy who came from very little and through hard work, took over the world. But at the end of his life, Elvis came apart in a very public way.
His trajectory — the meteoric rise and tragic fall — is the subject of a new documentary called The King. It traces Elvis' life and death and uses it as a metaphor for the state of the American Dream.
Writer, director and producer of The King, Eugene Jarecki, joins q guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about the film.
It's on now at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
— Produced by Cora Nijhawan