Democracy
"American
Blackout" DVD
Does every vote count in America? Apparently not in the 21st
century. This 2006 Sundance Film Festival winner takes a disturbing
look at the ways in which the African-American vote has been manipulated
and disenfranchised in American elections. From the outrageous
maneuvers in Florida in 2000 to the Republican efforts to unseat
controversial Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, it's all too clear
our "by the people, for the people" democracy is in jeopardy.
(2006/ 84 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
"Battleground
Minnesota" DVD
If Walter
Mondale can learn to scratch hip-hop, young voters can get schooled in
election politics. Activist Shakademic teaches our former Vice President
and other Minnesota political notables to lay down some funky beats in the
name of voter education. From Media That Matters Film Festival.
(2004/ 8 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
“Hollywood
Ten” DVD
Who
were the Hollywood Ten? This 1950 documentary offers a closer look at the
ten blacklisted film writers and directors who defied the government and
the sentiments of their day by refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
McCarthy’s anti-Communist hearings. John Berry, who directed the
documentary, was blacklisted himself upon its release. (15 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
"No
Umbrella: Election Day in the City" DVD
An
unblinking look at 2004 election day failures in one of Ohio's poorest
neighborhoods, No
Umbrella
chronicles the chaos of inner-city polling places in the most hotly
contested state in the country. An official selection of the 2006 Sundance
Film Festival (2006/ 26 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
“Salt
of the Earth”
DVD
In this blacklisted classic from 1953, Mexican miners
and their wives at a New Mexico mine strike for social and economic
justice. This independent film, surrounded by controversy in its day, is
one of the most significant films of the 20th century. (94 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
"Street Fight" DVD
"Street Fight" captures a bare-knuckle campaign battle
in the streets and housing projects of Newark, New Jersey. On one
side, incumbent James's old-school political machine works to crush anyone
who dares question his campaign. On the other, up-and-coming Booker faces
vicious smear campaigns. Is it possible to stay clean in a street fight?
It's a wild ride to see who wins and a great insight into how democracy,
power, and race play out in urban American politics. (2005/ 82 minutes/ Iron
Weed Film Club)
“Unprecedented: The
2000 Presidential Election”
This is a documentary about 2000 election
irregularities in Florida and the undermining of America’s democratic
system. The examination of the election of George W.
Bush is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious
irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state
governed by the winning candidate's brother.
A “must-see” film for American voters.
(52 minutes)
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