Slay the Dragon (2019)

Directed by

Barak Goodman, Chris Durrance

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows citizen activists as they fight against gerrymandering, the manipulation of electoral district boundaries for political gain. It centers on a grassroots campaign in Michigan that successfully pushed for reform.

informativeurgentcivic-mindedhopefulfocusedgroundedengagingsobering

What happens

Slay the Dragon is a 2019 American documentary film about gerrymandering in the United States from Los Angeles, California-based film production company Participant, directed by Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance. The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2019, follows citizens' groups as they work to end the practice of gerrymandering, which they see as undermining democracy. It features Katie Fahey, the activist who founded Voters Not Politicians and led a successful grassroots campaign to ban partisan gerrymandering in Michigan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Gerrymandering (2010)
• The Great Hack (2019)
• Knock Down the House (2019)
• The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
• Rigged: The voter suppression playbook (2018)
• American Factory (2019)
• American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (2019)
• All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)