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The Secret Rulers of the World

The Legend of Ruby Ridge

E1    Apr 29, 2001    50m
Jon Ronson meets with Randy Weaver and daughter Rachel, two of the surviving members of the Weaver family. The film shows previously unseen archive footage to describe the life of a family who claim to have moved to a cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, to live peacefully, and escape what they saw as the tyrannical elite of international bankers bent on enslaving the world. Ronson also explains how the Weaver family's conspiracy theories became a shocking tragedy when U.S. Marshals killed two of the family members, their dog, and shot and wounded Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris, whom the Weaver family considered their son. Ronson explores the unsympathetic media response to the killings and how this incident might have influenced the siege at Waco, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the growth of the American militia movement.
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Cast of The Legend of Ruby Ridge
  • Jon RonsonNarrator (voice)
  • Alex JonesSelf – Radio Talk Show Host
  • Rachel WeaverSelf
  • Randy WeaverSelf – Rachel's Father
  • Richard ButlerSelf – Founder, Aryan Nations
  • Linda EckstromSelf – Neighbor
  • Jack McLambSelf – Ex-Police Officer, Family Friend
  • Mike JohnsonSelf – US Marshal in Charge of the State of Idaho
  • Bill MaherSelf (archive footage)
  • Timothy McVeighSelf (archive footage)
  • Dallas PikeSelf – Guitarist (uncredited)
  • Sara WeaverSelf – Rachel's Sister (archive footage)

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