The redemption of the devilAlex Hoffman

An honest portrait of Jesse "The Devil" Hughes, frontman of the Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at the Bataclan in Paris the night of the terrorist attacks in November. A dangerous cocktail of sex, drugs, rock'n'roll and extreme right.

A year in the life of Jesse "The Devil" Hughes: pastor, musician, father, lover, drug addict, deeply religious and a conservative patriot. With his childhood friend Josh Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age, he is working on the latest Eagles of Death Metal album. On November 13, 2015, four years after this film was shot, Hughes found himself in the eye of the storm, when terrorists opened fire on the audience during a performance of his band Eagles of Death Metal in the Bataclan in Paris. His defeated reaction was met with a lot of respect, but the same cannot be said about his opinion that everyone should be armed. Hughes is indeed a strong supporter of gun ownership, like many other (conservative) Americans. He also raves about Ronald Reagan and is deeply religious, despite his excessive drug use and his relationship with a former porn actress. "The Redemption of the Devil 'is an honest portrait of this bundle of contradictions, a rare rock musician: openly ultra-conservative and extreme right.



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Vertoond op editie(s) 2016
Screened at edition(s) 2016

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Directed by Alex Hoffman
UK
82 min.
Eng
Subtitles: English

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Director

Alex Hoffman

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Alex Hoffman, Zoey Roberts

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Vice Media

Editing

Shiny Perkins

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