Theatrical Premieres For 'Stealing America: Vote By Vote'

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From Sally Castleman Via Mark Crispin Miller. This movie was made in 2006 but this is an updated wide release now ahead of the 2008 election:

L. Coyote's previous thread from last week: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x505687

http://www.stealingamericathemovie.org



"You can steal elections through technology, and you can steal elections psychologically by disempowering people and making them feel like their vote doesn't count." - Helen McCloskey, Human Rights Advocate

Dear Election Integrity Colleagues,

I write with good news and a request of you.

THE NEWS

Dorothy Fadiman's film 'STEALING AMERICA Vote by Vote' (SAVBV) is scheduled for a theatrical premieres in NYC on August 1 and LA on August 15! There are eleven additional runs scheduled in cities around the country*, and more are being booked! The hope is that the subject (and the film -- it is very professionally done) will spark huge interest and the theaters will have sell-out crowds, and even without the help of the MSM, we will finally break through to reaching more people. (Below is list of bookings to-date.)

People have done a terrific job with 'Uncounted,' getting it seen at all kinds of gatherings. SAVBV may also come out on DVD but for the moment the concentration is on 'theatrical releases' as it is hoped that even larger and broader audiences will finally get to hear the message about the crisis in our electoral system. The film ends with a call to action and gives the film website for a guide to and list of action steps.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

I urge you to make the most of this opportunity, and at the least put out the call to your members to fill the theaters near them. At the moment, it is especially important that there be a huge turnout in NYC and LA. But also contact friends and colleagues in all the various cities -– let’s fill those theaters to overflowing!

Sally Castleman
Grassroots Coordinator,
STEALING AMERICA Vote by Vote

* If you have suggestions of additional theaters in your area to the ones listed below, that you think ought to be contacted as possible venues, please write to me [e-mail].

To see a few film clips, go to: www.stealingamerica.org.


'STEALING AMERICA Vote by Vote' Scheduled Screenings

August 1st - 7th
Quad Cinema
34 West 13th St.
New York City, NY
www.quadcinema.com

August 15th - 21st
Laemmle's Music Hall 3
9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA
www.laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?thid=4

August 15th - 21st
Chez Artiste 3
4150 E Amherst Ave.
Denver, CO
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Denver/Denver_Frameset.htm

August 22nd - 8th
Ritz
400 Ranstead Street
Philadelphia, PA
(On 4th St. between Market and Chestnut)
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/Philadelphia/RitzatBourse.htm

August 29t h - September 4th
E Street Cinema
555 11th Street NW
Washington, D.C.
www.landmarktheatres.com/market/WashingtonDC/EStreetCinema.htm

August 29th - September 4th
Kendall Sq Cinema
One Kendall Sq.
Cambridge, MA
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Boston/KendallSquareCinema.htm

August 29th - September 4th
Lagoon 5
1320 Lagoon Ave.
Minneapolis, MN
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Minneapolis/Minneapolis_Frameset.htm

August 29th - September 4th
Devargas Mall Cinema 6
562 N Guadalupe St.
Santa Fe, NM
www.fandango.com/TheaterPage.aspx?tid=AAGJF

September 5th - 11th
Shattuck 10
2230 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA
www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/SanFranciscoEastBay/ShattuckCinemas.htm

September 5th – 11th
Lumiere 3
1572 California St.
San Francisco, CA
www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFrancisco/LumiereTheatre.htm

September 5th - 11th
Regal Arbor Cinema
9828 Great Hills Trail Suite 800
Austin, TX
www.fandango.com/TheaterPage.aspx?tid=AAEUJ

September 5th - 11th
Varsity 3
4329 University Way NE
Seattle, WA
www.landmarktheatres.com/market/Seattle/VarsityTheatre.htm

September 26th – October 2nd
Gateway Theater
1550 N. High Street
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Columbus/Columbus_Frameset.htm

Review from 2006 by Harvey Wasserman:

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2006/2158

Stealing America...Vote by Vote
by Harvey Wasserman
September 22, 2006

Dorothy Fadiman's powerful, moving, infuriating, comprehensive and brilliant new film might well be re-named "The Crime of the Century."

We all now know that the elections of 2000 and 2004 were stolen. The only thing that the American people can be proud of about George W. Bush is that they (or we) have never chosen him President.

Fadiman's many awards include an Emmy and an Oscar nomination, and in this excellent film, we can see why. She uses these 70 cinematic minutes to patiently, methodically and convincingly dismantle any possible remaining arguments against the reality of what was done to the American democratic process in 2004, primarily in Ohio.

With neither hysteria nor hyperbole, she presents a series of interviews with voters, election officials, writers and experts who have followed the theft since before it was perpetrated (by way of disclosure, brief interviews with myself and my frequent co-author Bob Fitrakis appear in the film). Fadiman wisely peppers the piece with clever, on-point clips from the major media, most importantly from Comedy Central.

The frequent appearances of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., add grativas. He has just, after all, used Rolling Stone Magazine to drop another major bomb on the credibilty of a voting process which has been thoroughly raped by the Republican Party, with results that can only be described as being somewhere between catastrophic and apocalyptic. Much of Kennedy's research has derived from the dogged work of Ohio's unsung grasswork election protection network making his appearances all the more relevant.

The sum effect of STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote is to enable us to understand in no uncertain terms that we either act on this issue, or we lose what few threads remain of our precious democracy. Fadiman wisely ends STEALING AMERICA with first-person testimonials of citizens who have taken the issue into their own hands, as did our nation's founders more than 200 years ago, in opposition to another George.

May we be once again successful, and perhaps, this time, even a bit wiser. The founders, after all, left the door open for electronic voting machines. This time, we know better.

--
Harvey Wasserman is co-author, with Bob Fitrakis and Steve Rosenfeld, of WHAT HAPPENED IN OHIO?, just published by the New Press. He is author of SOLARTOPIA! and HARVEY WASSERMAN'S HISTORY OF THE U.S., available at www.harveywasserman.com.