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What happened to David Crowley? Documentary examines Apple Valley filmmaker’s murders-suicide
By Nick Ferraro | nferraro@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: September 20, 2017 at 5:58 pm | UPDATED: September 28, 2017 at 7:42 pm
A new documentary aims to show the inner workings of David Crowley, an aspiring filmmaker from Apple Valley who in 2014 murdered his 5-year-old daughter and wife before killing himself.
“A Gray State,” a title that plays off the title of Crowley’s film in progress at the time of his death, debuts locally at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Admission is free; tickets are available at the main lobby desk beginning at 6 p.m.
David Crowley with his wife, Komel, and daughter Raniya. Police say Crowley shot his wife and their daughter then killed himself in their Apple Valley home in December 2014. (Courtesy photo)
Director Erik Nelson, producer of Werner Herzog’s “Grizzly Man,” worked with Crowley’s family to gain access to his intimate journal, thousands of family photos and hundreds of hours of home videos. The 93-minute A&E IndieFilms documentary, executive produced by Herzog, also includes behind-the-scenes footage of Crowley’s film in progress, “Gray State.”
In a recent interview with Salon, Nelson described his documentary as “a psychological horror film of someone documenting — maybe knowingly or unknowingly — a descent into madness. I call it a core sample of American crazy.”
In January 2015, Crowley and his family were found dead in their Apple Valley home. Each died of a single gunshot wound to the head around Dec. 26, 2014, police said. No marks or injuries were found on the bodies that would suggest physical struggle before their deaths.
Crowley, an Owatonna, Minn., native and Army veteran, had been consumed with his film, with a storyline that revolved around a police state, martial law crackdown and social breakdown. The nature of the film led conspiracy theorists to speculate that government assassins were behind the killings.
According to Nelson, the documentary will make its TV premiere on A&E later this year, and then be available on Netflix. Next month, it will be shown at the Twin Cities Film Festival. After Thursday’s screening, Nelson, who flew to the Twin Cities on Wednesday, will take part in a discussion with Tom Lyden of Fox 9 News and writer Alec Wilkinson of The New Yorker (via Skype). It will be mediated by Deirdre Haj, director of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. More details
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What happened to David Crowley? Documentary examines Apple Valley filmmaker’s murders-suicide
By Nick Ferraro | nferraro@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: September 20, 2017 at 5:58 pm | UPDATED: September 28, 2017 at 7:42 pm
A new documentary aims to show the inner workings of David Crowley, an aspiring filmmaker from Apple Valley who in 2014 murdered his 5-year-old daughter and wife before killing himself.
“A Gray State,” a title that plays off the title of Crowley’s film in progress at the time of his death, debuts locally at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Admission is free; tickets are available at the main lobby desk beginning at 6 p.m.
David Crowley with his wife, Komel, and daughter Raniya. Police say Crowley shot his wife and their daughter then killed himself in their Apple Valley home in December 2014. (Courtesy photo)
Director Erik Nelson, producer of Werner Herzog’s “Grizzly Man,” worked with Crowley’s family to gain access to his intimate journal, thousands of family photos and hundreds of hours of home videos. The 93-minute A&E IndieFilms documentary, executive produced by Herzog, also includes behind-the-scenes footage of Crowley’s film in progress, “Gray State.”
In a recent interview with Salon, Nelson described his documentary as “a psychological horror film of someone documenting — maybe knowingly or unknowingly — a descent into madness. I call it a core sample of American crazy.”
In January 2015, Crowley and his family were found dead in their Apple Valley home. Each died of a single gunshot wound to the head around Dec. 26, 2014, police said. No marks or injuries were found on the bodies that would suggest physical struggle before their deaths.
Crowley, an Owatonna, Minn., native and Army veteran, had been consumed with his film, with a storyline that revolved around a police state, martial law crackdown and social breakdown. The nature of the film led conspiracy theorists to speculate that government assassins were behind the killings.
According to Nelson, the documentary will make its TV premiere on A&E later this year, and then be available on Netflix. Next month, it will be shown at the Twin Cities Film Festival. After Thursday’s screening, Nelson, who flew to the Twin Cities on Wednesday, will take part in a discussion with Tom Lyden of Fox 9 News and writer Alec Wilkinson of The New Yorker (via Skype). It will be mediated by Deirdre Haj, director of Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. More details
