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DESCRIPTION:UNPRECENDENTED: THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION  Screening Thursday, May 
 6th, 8pm at Artists' Television Access in San Francisco Screening is a 
 benefit to send the Whispered Media Collective to the Republican National 
 Convention Protest  "will hold you in a state of appalled enthrallment" 
 -New Yorker Magazine "illuminating and persuasive" -Los Angeles Times  On 
 November 7th, 2000 one hundred million Americans went to the polls to vote 
 for the 43rd President of the United States. That evening a startling 
 picture emerged. The presidency would be determined by one state, Florida,  
 where the election was marred by suspicious irregularities and voter purges 
 that targeted African Americans and Democrats. George Bush was ahead of Al 
 Gore by a mere 1700 votes, this lead precipitated an unprecedented 36-day 
 crisis.  Whispered Media is proud to present UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 
 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION by Joan Sekler and Richard Ray Perez, the riveting 
 story about the battle for the Presidency in Florida and the undermining of 
 democracy  in America. Focusing on events leading up to election day and 
 the attempt to count legally cast votes in the days that followed, 
 UNPRECEDENTED examines a suspicious pattern of irregularities, injustices 
 and voter purges-all in a state governed by the winning candidate's 
 brother. The film screens Thursday, May 6th at 8pm at Artists' Television 
 Access in San Francisco.  From how thousands of African Americans showed up 
 to the polls discovering their names were missing from the voting rolls and 
 the infamous "butterfly ballot" that caused many voters confusion, 
 UNPRECEDENTED is a cautionary  tale that warns us that we must insist our 
 elections be conducted in a manner above reproach, that all legitimate 
 voters may exercise their franchise, and all legal votes must be counted. 
 This movie has been called "a powerful piece of agitprop filmmaking" 
 (Variety) which won the New York  International Film Festival's Grand Jury 
 Prize for Best Documentary and Director's Award and the Audience Award for 
 Best Documentary from San Francisco Independent Film Festival.  Screening 
 before UNPRECEDENTED is the 5-minute trailer to Jennifer Gilomen and 
 Jessica Dorfan's new video "Art as Revolution", which explores the beauty 
 resulting from the rare combination of artist and activist in individuals 
 who have both talent in their art and a strong message in their content.  
 Admission is $5-$20 sliding scale with proceeds benefiting sending the 
 Whispered Media Collective to the Republican National Convention protestin 
 New York City in late August.  Artists' Television Access is located at 992 
 Valencia Street (at 21st) in San Francisco. ATA can be contacted at (415) 
 824-3890 or ata@atasite.org. Please see http://www.atasite.org for more 
 information.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/06/38213.php
SUMMARY:UNPRECEDENTED at ATA
LOCATION:Artist's Television Access  992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/06/38213.php
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