Assembled and reworked over the course of thirty years, in which independent filmmaker Ken Jacobs was constantly responding to the current socio-political climate, Star Spangled to Death is an extravaganza of improvisation and reflection on American trends and history. Legendary underground performers Jack Smith and Jerry Sims embody contradicting representations of America; footage from Richard Nixon's 1952 Checkers speech makes an appearance, as do excerpts from Oscar Micheaux's 1932 film Ten Minutes To Live and the 1934 musical Kid Millions. These elements and countless others, filmed and found, contribute to a six-hour collage that is at once playful and grim. Engaging politics, war, science, and a history of what Jacobs calls racial and religious insanity, SSTD is a "social critique picturing a stolen and dangerously sold out America, allowing examples of popular culture to self-indict." (KJ)