The 2026 Montclair Film Festival will present producer Rachel Maddow and director Ben Klein with its 2026 David Carr Award For Truth In Non-Fiction Filmmaking for their new true crime documentary, “Kill. Print.” The film follows the standoff between a tiny family-run newspaper and the local sheriff’s department in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Maddow first covered the story in 2023 after the paper released secretly-recorded audio of local officials discussing killing and burying the reporters.
The Montclair Film Festival each year honors the legacy of David Carr, a popular New York Times reporter and longtime Montclair resident, by presenting an award to a film that honors his passion for the truth and his commitment to great journalism. Maddow and Klein will participate in a post-screening question-and-answer session on Saturday Oct. 17 at 8:00 p.m. at the Wellmont Theater. This marks Maddow’s third documentary produced with Surprise Inside, the production company she founded with Phil Griffin, former president of MSNBC, now MS NOW.
Her previous documentaries were 2024’s “From Russia With Lev” and 2025’s “Andrew Young: The Dirty Work.” “Kill. Print.” will debut on the NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock on Sunday, Sept. 27. The films represents Maddow’s first true-crime documentary; first project with Peacock; and her first documentary to screen at a film festival.
Print.” is produced by Maddow and Klein; Joshua Rofé and Steven J. Berger for Number 19; Phil Griffin and Jack Bohrer for Surprise Inside; Otis Pictures, and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. Ben Warhit and Colleen Hall are executive producers.
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