Available screening types
Virtual
In-person
Available until
Feb 01, 2023
Available in
Worldwide
About the film
When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.
Runtime
1h 34m
Released
2020
Director
Arthur Jones
Producer
Caitlin Ward, Giorgio Angelini, Aaron Wickenden, Kerry McLaughlin, Maggie Angelini, Regina K. Scully, Kurt Keppeler, Jenny Patinkin, Lou Buglioli, Nion McEvoy, Douglas Patinkin
Executive Producer
Nancy Stephens, Steven H. Cohen, Paula M. Froehle, Jenifer Westphal, Susan E. Morrison, Rick Rosenthal, Joe Plummer, Julie Parker Benello
Writer
Arthur Jones
Crew
Arthur Jones
Cast
Hillary Clinton, Matt Furie, Arthur Jones, Samantha Bee, Donald Trump, Alex Jones, Stephen Colbert, Phil McGraw, Nicki Minaj, Melania Trump, Lisa Hanawalt, Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Richard Spencer, Logan Paul, Katy Perry
Awards & recognition
Sundance Film Festival 2020
Winner U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award Emerging Filmmaker
News & Documentary Emmy Awards 2021
Winner Emmy Outstanding Research: Documentary
B3 Biennial of the Moving Image 2020
Winner BEN Award Best Documentary
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2020
Winner Special Mention Best Documentary Feature
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 2021
Winner Cinema Eye Honors Award Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Lighthouse International Film Festival 2020
Winner Jury Award Best Documentary
What people are saying
‘"Feels Good Man" links the hijacking of one cartoonist's intellectual property with the hijacking of a nation's norms, laws, and institutions‘
Matt Zoller Seitz
‘Feels Good Man is also just really well told, with great animation and a stellar range of astute interviewees.‘