Louder Than Guns

2026 1h 27m EN

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Synopsis

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Louder Than Guns is a journey through rural, urban, and suburban America that humanizes all sides of this country’s polarized gun debate through the power of music, civil discourse, and unexpected common ground. The film tackles the extremely complicated and sensitive subject of gun violence which has become politically divisive in an open and all encompassing approach, inviting people from all aspects of the country to join in a conversation and speak their peace.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ketch Secor
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David Greene
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Old Crow Medicine Show
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Doug Pray
Writers: Ketch Secor, David Greene
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Doug Pray shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Ketch Secor and David Greene and Old Crow Medicine Show carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt34379507 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Doug Pray directs. Doug Pray cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Doug Pray shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ketch Secor and David Greene and Old Crow Medicine Show carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt34379507 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "politics", "gun violence", "nashville, tennessee", "school shooting".

The technical file

Editing: Doug Pray
Sound: Colin Moran
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Louder Than Guns (2026)

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The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy2026-07-29
★ 9/10
I suspect many passionate viewers familiar with America’s gun violence problem will have strong feelings approaching director Doug Pray’s LOUDER THAN GUNS documentary. Whatever expectations viewers will undoubtedly bring to the film – one thing is made very clear: America has a gun control communication problem. Pray’s film tackles the communication logjam with an earnestness that is largely absent in public discourse. Sidestepping the polemic cacophony that all-too-easily accompanies any discussion on the 2nd Amendment and school shootings around the country – is Grammy Award-winning Blue Grass musician Ketch Secor, co-founder and current frontman of the longtime Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show, based in Nashville. After the mass shooting on March 27, 2023, at The Covenant School, in Green Hills, a neighborhood in Nashville, which left three schoolchildren and three adults dead, Secor felt compelled to write an op-ed in the New York Times entitled, “Country Music Can Lead America Out of Its Obsession with Guns.” Widely discussed in the media from MSNBC and beyond, Secor’s op-ed caught the attention of NPR radio journalist David Greene, resulting in the two teaming up with Pray to open a dialogue about gun rights and gun violence across the country in the hope of finding common ground. Anyone expecting immediate solutions from LOUDER THAN GUNS is putting the proverbial cart in front of the horse, failing to understand that before any meaningful change can take effect, an equally meaningful and civil dialogue needs to occur without the fearmongering, and political tribalism that usually co-opt these discussions. As Secor and Greene sit down around the country while touring with the Old Crow Medicine Show in barbershops, BBQ joints, Churches, and Gun stores with concerned Americans on both sides of the political spectrum, many directly affected by gun violence, a meaningful dialogue unfolds as gun violence activists and 2nd Amendment proponents achieve something rarely seen: common ground. But it is Secor’s affable, avuncular charm, interspersed with his genuine curiosity that puts many of these roundtable discussions at ease, striking the right balance with participants who are passionate one way or another, providing an example for today’s lawmakers that civil discourse is always possible with such a polarizing issue. No; LOUDER THAN GUNS is not a panacea for gun violence in America, but it provides a glimmer of hope in an increasingly polemic culture that finding common ground and approaching this issue with empathy and peace can move the needle closer to a real solution. \ \ LOUDER THAN GUNS is proof that how we converse with one another is arguably just as important than just forcing through legislation to address gun violence in America.