Tag Results for "election"
by Kazuhiro Soda
Premiere: July 29, 2008
This is democracy — Japanese style: the story of a man plucked from obscurity by the ruling political party to run for a critical city council seat. Watch online »
by Katy Chevigny
Premiere: July 1, 2008
Forget the pie charts, color-coded maps and hyperventilating pundits. What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America?
by Laura Poitras
Premiere: October 25, 2006
Working alone in Iraq over eight months, filmmaker Laura Poitras takes an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January 2005 elections.
by Paul Stekler
Premiere: July 20, 2004
Asking what the politics are that launched George W. Bush to national office, award-winning filmmaker Paul Stekler takes his camera to Texas for a lively, behind-the-scenes look at a pair of 2002 elections — one for state representative in a district that includes Lyndon Johnson's hometown, and a polarizing race for governor.
by Richard Kassebaum
Premiere: June 29, 2004
When documentary filmmaker Richard Kassebaum learned that his younger brother, Bill, a rancher and country lawyer, had decided to run for the Kansas House of Representatives, he left Los Angeles and spent seven weeks on the campaign trail chronicling his brother's first run for public office.
by R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor
Premiere: August 5, 1997
What does it take to be a perfect candidate in a cynical age? A Perfect Candidate Is an up-to-the-minute critique of our campaign process — and a twisted journey into the underbelly of american politics.
by Paul Stekler, Andrew Kolker, Louis Alvarez
Premiere: August 31, 1992
In Louisiana, Mardi gras and elections run neck and neck as the number one pastime. Here is a cast of characters only Louisiana could produce: Huey P. Long, his excellency, the dictator of Louisiana; Uncle Earl K. Long, committed to an asylum while he was still governor; and Jimmie Davis singing his farewell speech to the state legislature.