Suppressed: The Fight to Vote - Laurel, MD - Brave New Films
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Suppressed: The Fight to Vote - Laurel, MD

Join the Women's Equity Center and Action Network (WE CAN) to learn about voter suppression tactics.

About this Event

Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, the new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA) weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote features experts, poll watchers and everyday Georgians speaking to the reality of voter suppression and the threat it poses in 2020. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes, the film exposes that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be under siege in America.

WHEN
April 16, 2020 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
WHERE
Laurel Branch Library, PGCMLS
507 7th St
Large Meeting Room A (Dorothy Height Room)
Laurel, MD 20707
United States
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