Death &amp; Taxes (film)Death &amp; Taxes (film) Death & Taxes (film) Death & Taxes is a 1993 documentary film directed by Jeffrey F. Jackson about Gordon Kahl, a tax protester who was killed in a shootout with local law enforcement officials in Smithville, Arkansas in 1983. Synopsis. The documentary focuses on Kahl, a tax protester that was killed as part of a shootout in Arkansas in 1983. It utilized interviews and archive material, as well as footage from Kahl's exhumation and the 1991 made-for-TV movie "In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas" starring Rod Steiger. Reception. "Variety" reviewed the documentary, writing that it was  a hard-hitting reinvestigation of the 1983 Gordon Kahl case, about which questions still linger. Jackson's unfazed, investigative reporting style approach and inventive handling of familiar material make this a controversial item for fests and progressive webs. "Billboard" also looked at the film and noted that it "has only a slim potential audience, but provides plenty of fodder for those interested in its subject matter." Death & Taxes (film) Death & Taxes is a 1993 documentary film directed by Jeffrey F. Jackson about Gordon Kahl, a tax protester who was killed in a shootout with local law enforcement officials in Smithville