FILM DESCRIPTION
Our votes hold power, otherwise they wouldn’t subvert them. Brave New Films’ ‘SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED: The Fight to Vote’ is a tool in the arsenal of every concerned American, sounding the alarm on voter suppression and election subversion ahead of November 2024. Our 30-minute documentary film focuses on the swelling wave of efforts to disenfranchise voters across the U.S., with the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp providing a case study for understanding today’s restrictive measures. In 2023 alone, 150 bills were introduced to restrict voting access. SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED includes the personal stories of folks in battleground states who represent those disproportionately affected by voter suppression: older adults, first-time, younger and college-aged students, Black, Indigenous, Latine, people of color, and people with disabilities. SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED 2024 is a rallying call against the calculated, unconstitutional, and racist attacks intended to destroy democracy in the United States. (Runtime: 30 min.)
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"Suppressed reminds us that we can fight together to achieve a future where all Americans can freely exercise their fundamental right to vote.” - Stacey Abrams, Voting Rights Activist
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"Black Voters Matter applauds Brave New Films for sharing the story of voter suppression in Georgia. More than ever it's important for citizens to understand how fragile and vulnerable American democracy is in the current political environment. We hope that this film advances the national discourse around voting rights and voting suppression and catalyzes a new commitment to protecting and advancing voting rights in this country." LaTosha Brown, Co-founder of Black Voters Matter
"My dad was registering African Americans in South Georgia in the 1950s, and as this film shows, though we’ve made progress, many barriers remain. We encourage everyone to educate themselves about the continuing struggle for voter rights in the state of Georgia.” - Andrea Young, Executive Director of ACLU GA
“Our challenge and our call is to protect democracy, a major pillar of which is to ensure equitable access to voting. We need a system where we are ensured fairness, accuracy and transparency every time a ballot is cast. We need a system where voting is open and protected for all.” - Nse Ufot, Executive Director of New Georgia Project
"A powerful film that puts a human face on the policy of voter suppression. Greenwald has provided a timely and important look at a critical issue confronting our democracy.The film is both an educational tool and rallying cry for the ACLU and other groups fighting policies and practices that threaten our democracy." -Anthony Romero, Head of ACLU
“How appalling is the notion that this video reflection can be filmed in America in 2019; one and half centuries after the end of the US Civil War, 54 years after Lynden Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, and eleven years after the first Black US President was elected. It is a civic disgrace that the governor's election in the state of Georgia was stolen from Stacy Abrams and from the marginalized citizens who worked so hard and with such determination to elect the first Black female governor in the state of Georgia. I fully support the contents of the video and I am happy to host its screening at FAME Church in the days ahead.” -Rev. J. Edgar Boyd, Senior Minister First AME Church Los Angeles
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