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Hailed as "Michael Moore's most powerful film yet" (Sophia A. McClennen, Salon), Fahrenheit 11/9 is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. It will explore the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How the f**k did we get here, and how the f**k do we get out?
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"The film opens as Mo makes an eye-opening discovery: The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to vote. Mo sets out to learn why the Founding Fathers deliberately omitted the right to vote from the Constitution--and to understand the consequences of this decision. His quest leads him to Indiana, which has some of the strictest voting laws in the country. He meets two impassioned local activists--Republican Dee Dee Benkie of Versailles and...
4) Roadkill
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"Peter Laurence is a political outsider who is very popular with the people. Fresh from a successful libel case against a journalist printing stories alleging corruption, he's a man on the rise. But Peter has plenty of skeletons in his closet. And soon he discovers another -- an illegitimate daughter serving a prison sentence. It's a secret that could ruin him. And one, apparently, that his Prime Minister already knows"--Container.
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Roy Cohn was a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer and political power broker whose 28-year career ranged from acting as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist-hunting subcommittee to molding the career of a young Queens real estate developer named Donald Trump.
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After decades of quiet living, 89- year-old former senator and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Gravel comes out of retirement when a group of teenagers convince him to run for president. Through Senator Gravel's official Twitter account, the Gravel teens embark on an unlikely adventure to qualify him for the Democratic debates in order to advance an anti-war, anti-corruption, and direct democracy agenda in the 2020 presidential race.
7) Election day
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From campaigning and debates to rallies and voting, this program explains the activities that precede Election Day. Different levels of public office elections are reviewed along with the constitutional amendments that gave the right to vote to all groups. Children also explore the history of voting and examine the attributes of a good leader by watching as a group of middle school students elect their class president.
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Get clear-cut examples of how the American government makes, applies and enforces rules and laws. From the people who make our government run to comparisons with other forms of government from around the world, kids will get a better appreciation of the importance of the institution, and see the significance of a government that gets its power from the people.
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Comedian Roseanne Barr embarks on the most off-the-rails presidential campaign in U.S. history. 25 years after bringing working-class struggles to the pinnacle of show business, Roseanne is uniquely qualified to fix everything. What begins as a political journey becomes a raw and revealing portrait of a comedic icon.
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Malcolm Kenyatta was born, raised, and still lives in North Philadelphia one of the poorest neighborhoods in America's poorest big city where the median income is less than $10,000 per year and gun violence has surged to historic levels. The growing inequities that Malcolm experienced in his neighborhood inspired him to become involved in his community. After spending many years as an activist, Malcolm became the first openly gay person of color to...
11) Patriocracy
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A non-partisan examination of Washington dysfunction and the forces that drive a wedge into the middle ground of America and the solutions required to move forward. Examines the effect that the media has on political opinions and aims to educate viewers so they do not fall victim to manipulation as they cast their ballots.
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In this DVD students will examine concepts such as public policy, illustrating how the opinions of the general populace affect the policies set forth by the U.S. government. Examine the election process, from the structure of the party system to the primaries and through the final vote.