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DESCRIPTION:Recently featured in the New York Times, American Blackout is a multi-year 
 effort that chronicles the recurring patterns of minority 
 disenfranchisement witnessed in the 2000 and 2004 elections.  Winner of the 
 Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and hailed as 
 "powerful" and "engrossing," director Ian Inaba's searing documentary 
 feature American Blackout will open September 15 for engagements in San 
 Francisco at the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinemas and in Larkspur at The Lark 
 Theater. American Blackout gains unprecedented access to one of the most 
 controversial and dangerous politicians in America and examines the 
 contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence 
 political dissent.   The Hollywood Reporter says, "One of the beauties of 
 American Blackout is that even if viewers don't share her politics, what 
 was done to McKinney in an effort to unseat her, is so mean spirited and 
 unfair, it would be difficult not to be moved by her against-all-odds 
 return to Congress."   Ironic, as it has just happened again. \n\nThis film 
 is a perfect hook for a feature taking a look at these formidable voting 
 issues as we approach the 2006 midterm elections in November and with the 
 recent debate in Congress over the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.   It 
 serves as an alarming wake-up call for minority voters that forces are 
 actively conspiring to co-opt and even steal their votes. \n\nThe film 
 features interviews with: US Congressional Representatives, John Lewis, 
 Cynthia McKinney, John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones; 
 former US Civil Rights Commissioner & Dean of UC Berkeley's School of Law, 
 Christopher Edley; BBC journalist Greg Palast; and, Van Jones, Executive 
 Director of the Ella Baker Center. \n\n \n\nAmerican Blackout is directed 
 by GNN's Ian Inaba, the creator of the controversial pre-election music 
 video for Eminem's "Mosh" and features music from: DJ Shadow, Soulsavers 
 and Thievery Corporation, among others. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/14/18311544.php
SUMMARY:Documentary 'American Blackout' Screens at the Landmark Opera Plaza
LOCATION:Landmark Opera Plaza Cinemas\n601 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA \nBuy Your 
 Tickets on 
 moviefone\n\nhttp://movies.aol.com/theater/landmark-opera-plaza-cinemas/1028/showtimes?date=20060915
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/14/18311544.php
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