The very nature of modern democracy is being challenged.
Also part of Kaufmans filmography is the Vice Studios documentaryCrusaders, about sexual abuse within the Jehovahs Witness community.
(Kaufman was raised as a Jehovahs Witness.)
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Other credits include 2016s Pierce Brosnan thrillerUrge, which he wrote, directed and produced.
Kaufman is survived by his three children as well as his mother, brother and sister.
Variety first reported the news.
