Slay the Dragon (2019)
End gerrymandering or democracy dies. We can stop it.
It influences elections and sways outcomes -- gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the American electoral process. But there are those on the front lines fighting to change the system.
- Date of release
- 2019-04-27
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Chris Durrance, Barak Goodman
Casting
- Stephen Wolf — Self - Redistricting Expert
- Rick Pluta — Self - Michigan Public Radio
- Charles Williams II — Self - National Action Network (as Rev. Charles Williams II)
- Curt Guyette — Self - Journalist, Metro Times
- David Daley — Self - Author, "Ratf**ked" and "Unrigged"
- Katie Fahey — Self - Voters Not Politicians
- Kevin Deegan-Krause — Self - Political Science Professor, Wayne State
- Chris Jankowski — Self - Republican Strategist
- Margaret Dickson — Self - Former Democratic State Representative, North Carolina
- Vann Newkirk — Self - Journalist, The Atlantic
- Jeff Jackson — Self
Interesting facts
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.
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