The rise of a king, the fall of an empire.
A cultural portrait of the American dream at a critical time in the nation’s history. Set against the 2016 American election, The King takes a musical road trip across the country in Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls Royce.
Christopher St. John
Writer
Eugene Jarecki
Director, Writer

Alec Baldwin
Self
Tony Brown
Self

James Carville
Self

Maggie Clifford
Self

Chuck D
Self
Radney Foster
Self
Patricia Gaines
Self

Mary Gauthier
Self

Emmylou Harris
Self
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