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THE BRINK
When Steve Bannon left his position as White House chief strategist less than a week after the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally in August 2017, he was already a notorious figure in Trump’s inner circle, and for bringing a far-right ideology into the highest echelons of American politics. Unconstrained by an official post — though some say he still has a direct line to the White House — he became free to peddle influence as a perceived kingmaker, turning his controversial brand of nationalism into a global movement. THE BRINK follows Bannon through the 2018 midterm election in the United States, shedding light on his efforts to mobilize and unify far-right parties in order to win seats in the May 2019 European Parliament election. To maintain his power and influence, the former Goldman Sachs banker and media investor reinvents himself — as he has many times before — this time as the self-appointed leader of a global populist movement. A keen manipulator of the press and a gifted self-promoter, Bannon continues to draw headlines and protests wherever he goes, feeding the powerful myth on which his survival relies.
Meet the director

Alison Klayman
Born in 1984, Alison Klayman studied history at Brown University and spent several years in China, learning Chinese and working as a journalist. She made her directorial debut with the documentary AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY (2012). Her other films include THE 100 YEARS SHOW (2017), about 103-year-old Cuban-American painter Carmen Herrera; TAKE YOUR PILLS (2018), about an overly medicated America; and the upcoming short FLOWER PUNK, about Japanese artist Azuma Makoto. Klayman was also executive producer of the documentaries HOOLIGAN SPARROW (2016) and ON HER SHOULDERS (2018).