'Sovereign' Tackles a Political Cult with Compassion

Nick Offerman on What the Right Gets Wrong About Ron Swanson: ‘Dumb People Insist He Would’ve Voted for Trump’

Offerman tells IndieWire why the "Parks and Recreation" character likely would've despised the current President and discusses the Michael Flynn Jr. meme he blasted, and roles like in his new film "Sovereign" that defy his own political beliefs.

'Sovereign' Tackles a Political Cult with Compassion

Nick Offerman in ‘Sovereign’ (Briarcliff Entertainment)On this week’s episode, I talked to Christian Swegal, the writer-director of the new film Sovereign, about his new film and its focus on the cult-like behavior of the Sovereign Citizen movement. We discussed Nick Offerman’s commanding lead performance, how you adapt a movie with an ending and setting as tragic as this one, and the difficulty of finding compassion even for those who seem to d…

‘Sovereign’ Review: In the Rare Thriller That’s Truly Political, Nick Offerman Is Powerful as a Lost Soul of the New Right

In the rare thriller that's truly political, Offerman plays a sovereign citizens leader with a radical idea of what the government can and cannot do.

SOVEREIGN Review: Nick Offerman Delivers a Powerhouse Performance in Timely Tale of Far-Right Extremism

In writer-director Christian Swegal’s impressive feature debut, Sovereign, Emmy Award-winner Nick Offerman, best known for his long-running role on Parks & Recreation as Ron Swanson, a curmudgeonly libertarian with a heart of gold press latinum, delivers a powerhouse performance as Jerry Kane, an evangelical grievance merchant, charter member in the virulently anti-government “sovereign citizen movement,” and the widowed father of an unfortunate…