American Blackout (2006)

Director:

Ian Inaba

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Your outrage is waiting.

Plot:

A look at the career of U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney from Georgia and the historical suppression of black voters in the United States.

Plot Keywords:

Voter | Election | Ohio | Democracy | Florida

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Taalam Acey	...	Spoken Word Poet
Cynthia McKinney	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

Guerrilla News Network

An eye-opener that everyone should see

Democracy is heralded as the core of America's greatness. We claim to respect and revere it so much that we try to export it to other countries, albeit with disastrous results.

Strangely, while Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others continue acting as cheerleaders for democracy abroad, the majority of Americans do not even realize that the "democratic" 2000 and 2004 elections in the United States were stolen through diabolically clever schemes worthy of a fictional feature film; the only thing is, this actually happened.

Through various tricks and illegal maneuvering, Black, Latino and working class voters were disenfranchised in enormous numbers, which ended up giving Bush the slight advantage he needed in both races to come away victorious. The movie doesn't end there, it tells the story of the attacks on Cynthia McKinney due to her outspoken criticism of the policies of the Bush administration and the questions she asked after September 11th. Everyone needs to hear this story. America's democracy is in a sad state of affairs my friends.

This documentary lays it all out there. It should be requiring viewing in all schools. It will infuriate you and hopefully make you want to take some action to change things.

10 out of 10