Joining Janeane Wednesday August 19th at 9:00am - Filmmaker Doug Pray & KCRW's David Greene discuss their timely and powerful film, Louder than Guns

 

Directed by: Doug Pray Written by: David Greene, Ketch Secor Edited by: Doug Pray Produced by: Stephanie Meurer, Ashley York, Doug Pray Executive Produced by: Ketch Secor, David Greene, Foster Phillips   RT: 89 minutes   “Thought-Provoking, Poignant, A Must See” Janet Walker, Haute-Lifestyle   “Easily one of the most important films of 2026” Steve Kopian, Unseen Films   “A perspective that feels almost radical in a media landscape built on outrage” Chris Jones, Overly Honest Movie Reviews We’re having the conversation…   In the wake of yet another mass shooting, this time at The Covenant School in Nashville, Ketch Secor, lead singer of the popular country-bluegrass band Old Crow Medicine Show, decided it was time to speak out on gun reform. He wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled, “Country Music Can Lead America Out of Its Obsession with Guns.” It caught the attention of Ketch’s friend, David Greene, former NPR reporter and host of KCRW’s “Left, Right & Center,” and the two set out to kickstart an open dialog about gun rights and gun violence in America. Film director Doug Pray followed Ketch and David as the band toured rural and urban communities, creating the documentary LOUDER THAN GUNS named after a song Ketch wrote for the victims of the Covenant shooting.   Known for their signature song “Wagon Wheel,” Old Crow Medicine Show attracts a wide demographic of music fans, stretching to the furthest ends of today’s culture wars. People in the front row of their concerts might not agree on anything besides the music they love, providing this film with one of modern America’s rarest opportunities: the chance to engage with one another respectfully, despite our differences.   Smashing stereotypes, LOUDER THAN GUNS brings together the frustrations and hopes of citizens who are asked to listen to one another and try to find common ground. Led by Ketch and David, these emotional and inspiring discussions, in barbeque joints, barbershops, church pews, gun stores, and concert halls, prove that localized, community-led discourse has the power to move the needle on gun reform in ways that today’s polarized media and politicians rarely achieve. Because most people in this country—gun owners and non-gun owners alike— want safer communities.   LOUDER THAN GUNS screened in LA on July 28 at Laemmle’s Monica Theater and on July 29 at Laemmle’s Glendale Theater.    To view the trailer, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKewN_PayUY Official website: https://www.louderthanguns.com About Doug Pray Doug Pray is an award-winning Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker, director, producer and editor known for films that explore maverick individuals, subcultures, creativity and the human stories behind complex issues. His documentaries include Hype!, Scratch, Infamy, Big Rig, Surfwise, the Emmy Award-winning Art & Copy, Levitated Mass, and Love, Lizzo. He also served as executive producer, writer and editor of HBO's acclaimed The Defiant Ones, which won a Grammy for Best Music Film. Pray's newest documentary, Louder Than Guns, explores America's deeply divided conversation around gun violence through music, storytelling and face-to-face dialogue. Following the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, the film follows Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor and journalist David Greene as they travel across the country bringing people with differing views together to listen and talk. Born in Denver and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Pray studied sociology at Colorado College before earning an MFA in producing and directing from UCLA's School of Film and Television. His work frequently focuses on people and communities that don't fit neatly into conventional categories, making him particularly interested in how storytelling can create understanding across differences. About David Greene Host of Left, Right & Center on KCRW David Greene is the host of KCRW's Left, Right & Center, as well as Sports in America from PRX and WHYY and the podcast David Greene is Obsessed. Greene hosted NPR's Morning Edition for more than a decade and helped launch the popular morning news podcast UpFirst. Before Morning Edition, he was NPR’s Moscow Bureau Chief, covering the region from Ukraine and the Baltics east to Siberia. He also took two trips across the Trans-Siberian Railway and published a New York Times best-selling book about the journeys called Midnight in Siberia, giving readers a nuanced look at Russian life under Vladimir Putin. Greene was previously a White House Correspondent for NPR and The Baltimore Sun during the George W. Bush administration.