film

Election Day

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Producer(s)	Dallas Brennan Rexer, Maggie Bowman
Director(s)	Katy Chevigny
Work In Progress	Yes
Runtime	56:40 min
Format(s)	video, DVD
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	no

Film Description

Election Day is a film that flips the American voting experience upside down and looks at the underbelly of the world’s most famous democracy. Following on the heels of the controversial 2000 Florida recount, voters descended on the polls in 2004 in record numbers. Whether or not the recent election improved upon the chaos of 2000 remains a source of controversy. Election Day is a dramatic, character-driven verit documentary that follows fourteen characters across the United States on November 2, 2004, as they struggle to play their part in democracy. The film shows the voting process from the perspective of the American citizens who make it happen—poll watchers, volunteers, civil servants, and the voters themselves.