An incredibly compelling portrait of a failed assassin: and also a mother, socialite, activist and spy. In 1975, suburban housewife Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Shadowed by the Secret Service, acclaimed auteur Robinson Devor conducts an unprecedented and chilling exploration of how a seemingly ordinary citizen can be swept into extremism, conspiracy, and violence.
With the rhythm of a gripping thriller with icy, espionage-inflected interviews, we discover how the FBI recruited Moore to infiltrate leftist organizations. Her evolving viewpoint are supercharged by the hotbed of cultural and political activity that is seventies America as her story intersects with the Patty Hearst kidnapping, Black Panthers, Attica prison riots and CIA orchestrated regime change in Latin America.
Described as a "paranoid masterwork" by Richard Brody of the New Yorker, Moore’s story feels eerily prescient and disturbingly prophetic. SUBURBAN FURY offers us no easy answers; instead, it immerses us in one woman’s unraveling and the country that mirrored her fracture.
“One of the top documentaries of 2025” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker
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