Overview

• The trailer highlights intense moments including Offerman’s Jerry Kane training with firearms and railing against systemic oppression.
• Based on a 2010 incident in West Memphis, Arkansas, the movie chronicles how a routine traffic stop devolved into a deadly confrontation.
• Sovereign premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 8 and is set for a theatrical release on July 11.
• Christian Swegal’s debut explores the Sovereign Citizen movement’s rejection of government authority through self-styled legal seminars and paper terrorism tactics.
• Early responses include criticism that the film’s portrayal of extremist ideology risks coming across as propaganda.