| The Reconstruction of Asa Carter | |
| Director: | Marco Ricci |
| Producer: | Douglas Newman |
| Cinematography: | Peter Olsen |
| Music: | Pete Anderson |
| Runtime: | 57 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Marco Ricci. It is about Asa Earl Carter (1925–1979), who was a segregationist activist in the Southern United States in the 1950s and 1960s, before he had mainstream success in the 1970s as the supposed Cherokee novelist Forrest Carter, which created a scandal when his real identity was revealed.[1]
The film consists of archive footage and interviews with Carter's friends and associates, who were often unaware of his multiple careers and personas.[2] It was produced by G. T. T. Gone to Texas and ITVS. The runtime is 57 minutes.[3]
Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters wrote that the film does not pretend to reveal the true Carter, but treats his elusiveness and contradictory sides as traits in themselves.[4] In The Journal of American History, James I. Deutsch called the documentary fascinating and wrote that it is based on solid research, successfully showing Carter's different faces.