A coalition of progressive organizations challenging the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (Aipac) efforts to unseat 2024 candidates critical of Israel has partnered with actor Wallace Shawn for an explainer video calling on others to join their mission.
“Reject Aipac” is a union of more than two dozen progressive activist groups, including Justice Democrats, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and the IfNotNow Movement. The coalition seeks to lead “a seven-figure electoral defense campaign across paid media and field organizing efforts to defend members of Congress targeted by Aipac,...
“Reject Aipac” is a union of more than two dozen progressive activist groups, including Justice Democrats, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and the IfNotNow Movement. The coalition seeks to lead “a seven-figure electoral defense campaign across paid media and field organizing efforts to defend members of Congress targeted by Aipac,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has set its sights on progressive candidates who dare to criticize Israel or its leaders, funding negative attack ads during their primaries, Politico reported. The group is expected to spend about $100 million on the efforts, sources told the outlet.
Aipac’s goal is “to make the statement this cycle that no one is safe from their wrath, that if you speak out, you can be targeted no matter how popular or how many cycles of incumbent you are,” Connor Farrell, president of the progressive fundraising group Left Rising,...
Aipac’s goal is “to make the statement this cycle that no one is safe from their wrath, that if you speak out, you can be targeted no matter how popular or how many cycles of incumbent you are,” Connor Farrell, president of the progressive fundraising group Left Rising,...
- 3/3/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Selma Blair has parted ways with her representation team, including CAA and Narrative PR. The Cruel Intentions star continues to be managed by Ben Gaynor.
The exits, which happened in recent days, come after Blair came under fire for making what were construed as Islamophobic comments earlier this month. She quickly deleted and then apologized for comments she made on an Instagram user’s post about Israel’s military response to the Hamas attack on the Jewish state October 7. The post also criticized the stance of Rep. Cori Bush (D-mo) and Rep. Rashida Talib (D-mi), the latter of whom is Muslim, over the ongoing war.
Blair wrote: “Thank you so much. Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries, and then they come here and destroyed minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate.”
In her apology, she wrote, “This is...
The exits, which happened in recent days, come after Blair came under fire for making what were construed as Islamophobic comments earlier this month. She quickly deleted and then apologized for comments she made on an Instagram user’s post about Israel’s military response to the Hamas attack on the Jewish state October 7. The post also criticized the stance of Rep. Cori Bush (D-mo) and Rep. Rashida Talib (D-mi), the latter of whom is Muslim, over the ongoing war.
Blair wrote: “Thank you so much. Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries, and then they come here and destroyed minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate.”
In her apology, she wrote, “This is...
- 3/1/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor admits she ‘mistakenly and inadvertently conflated Muslims with radical Islamists and fundamentalists’ in a now-deleted post
Actor Selma Blair has apologised for an Islamophobic comment on social media, saying it “resulted in hurting countless people I never meant to, and I deeply regret this”.
Blair posted a lengthy statement on Instagram following a now-deleted comment on another post attacking state representatives Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib for voting against a bill banning Hamas members from the US. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Blair’s comment read in part: “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”...
Actor Selma Blair has apologised for an Islamophobic comment on social media, saying it “resulted in hurting countless people I never meant to, and I deeply regret this”.
Blair posted a lengthy statement on Instagram following a now-deleted comment on another post attacking state representatives Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib for voting against a bill banning Hamas members from the US. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Blair’s comment read in part: “Deport all these terrorist supporting goons. Islam has destroyed Muslim countries and then they come here and destroyed minds.”...
- 2/14/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Selma Blair is trying to dramatically walk back her self-admitted rage filled rant against Islam and members of the US Congress from a week ago.
“This is a time of great pain and anguish for many around the world, but it is also a time to learn and better understand how words matter,” the Cruel Intentions actress wrote today in a long statement on social media as the backlash against her continued to grow. “I respect and love all peace-loving communities, all over the world,” Blair added. “It was my Muslim friends who helped educate and show me the way. I am committed to paying forward their love and understanding. We cannot allow ignorance and rage to becomes our downfall.”
“I am dedicated to tolerance and peace for all who want it – not hate,” Blair went on to say at the end of the clearly crafted statement posted on her Instgram Tuesday afternoon.
“This is a time of great pain and anguish for many around the world, but it is also a time to learn and better understand how words matter,” the Cruel Intentions actress wrote today in a long statement on social media as the backlash against her continued to grow. “I respect and love all peace-loving communities, all over the world,” Blair added. “It was my Muslim friends who helped educate and show me the way. I am committed to paying forward their love and understanding. We cannot allow ignorance and rage to becomes our downfall.”
“I am dedicated to tolerance and peace for all who want it – not hate,” Blair went on to say at the end of the clearly crafted statement posted on her Instgram Tuesday afternoon.
- 2/14/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Rep. Cori Bush is the subject of a Justice Department investigation concerning the misappropriation of federal security funds, the “Squad” member confirmed on Tuesday. The investigation was first reported by Punchbowl News.
Bush (D-Mo.) wrote in a statement that “the Department of Justice is reviewing my campaign’s spending on security services,” and that she and her office are “fully cooperating in this investigation.”
“Since before I was sworn into office, I have endured relentless threats to my physical
safety and life. As a rank-and-file member of Congress I am...
Bush (D-Mo.) wrote in a statement that “the Department of Justice is reviewing my campaign’s spending on security services,” and that she and her office are “fully cooperating in this investigation.”
“Since before I was sworn into office, I have endured relentless threats to my physical
safety and life. As a rank-and-file member of Congress I am...
- 1/30/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Kamala Harris marked the 50th anniversary of hip hop on Saturday with a first-of-its-kind celebration at the vice president’s residence on Saturday.
“Half a century later, it is clear, hip hop will not be erased. Hip hop is here to stay,” Harris told guests, according to a pool report.
Among those at the event, per the pool report, were Common, Jeezy, Mc Lyte, Roxanne Shante.
Among the 400 or so also present at the event were Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga), Rep. Cori Bush (D-mo) and Maryland Governor Wes Moore.
“This is a hip hop household!” said Doug Emhoff, the first gentleman, after he was introduced by comedian Deon Cole.
The event was held in collaboration with the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Live Nation Urban.
Harvey Mason Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, told guests, “There is not a single genre that has not absorbed something essential from hip hop.
“Half a century later, it is clear, hip hop will not be erased. Hip hop is here to stay,” Harris told guests, according to a pool report.
Among those at the event, per the pool report, were Common, Jeezy, Mc Lyte, Roxanne Shante.
Among the 400 or so also present at the event were Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga), Rep. Cori Bush (D-mo) and Maryland Governor Wes Moore.
“This is a hip hop household!” said Doug Emhoff, the first gentleman, after he was introduced by comedian Deon Cole.
The event was held in collaboration with the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Live Nation Urban.
Harvey Mason Jr., the CEO of the Recording Academy, told guests, “There is not a single genre that has not absorbed something essential from hip hop.
- 9/9/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Happy Juneteenth!”
The holiday, which was designated a federal holiday in 2021 and has been recognized within Black and African-American communities for far longer than that, has gained broader recognition in recent years.
Still, for many Americans there is much to learn about the new holiday. Many people of all races remain unsure of what Juneteenth is, mostly because not much is taught about the holiday in public schools.
Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, commemorates the total abolition of slavery in the U.S. that took place on June 19, 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation three years earlier — making slavery illegal by Jan. 1, 1863 — many enslaved people were still not free because slave owners in the south, and particularly Texas, neglected to tell the people they enslaved for months. In fact, many slave owners relocated the enslaved and plantations to Texas because it was viewed...
The holiday, which was designated a federal holiday in 2021 and has been recognized within Black and African-American communities for far longer than that, has gained broader recognition in recent years.
Still, for many Americans there is much to learn about the new holiday. Many people of all races remain unsure of what Juneteenth is, mostly because not much is taught about the holiday in public schools.
Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom Day or Jubilee Day, commemorates the total abolition of slavery in the U.S. that took place on June 19, 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation three years earlier — making slavery illegal by Jan. 1, 1863 — many enslaved people were still not free because slave owners in the south, and particularly Texas, neglected to tell the people they enslaved for months. In fact, many slave owners relocated the enslaved and plantations to Texas because it was viewed...
- 6/19/2023
- by Samson Amore and Rasha Ali
- The Wrap
The White House and Republican leadership are currently attempting to negotiate a debt-ceiling deal to avoid an economic disaster. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are tackling something far more important: the God-given right to buy a gas stove.
On Wednesday, the Oversight Committee held a hearing titled “Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Gas Stoves.” The hearing is part of a convoluted, culture-war-fueled attempt by Republicans to cast proposed efficiency standards for gas stoves as an all-out assault on Americans’ freedom to choose their cooktops.
On Wednesday, the Oversight Committee held a hearing titled “Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration’s Regulatory Assault on Americans’ Gas Stoves.” The hearing is part of a convoluted, culture-war-fueled attempt by Republicans to cast proposed efficiency standards for gas stoves as an all-out assault on Americans’ freedom to choose their cooktops.
- 5/24/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Barack Obama will appear as a guest on the Nov. 17 episode of “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” Variety has learned exclusively. The episode airs on Comedy Central at 11 p.m.
In conversation with Noah, the former president will discuss the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum and critical issues facing America and the world today. The interview will be Obama’s third with Noah, and his first in-studio. He previously appeared in a 2020 virtually taped episode, and did one of his final interviews as president with Noah at the White House.
The interview comes the week after the midterm elections that won the Republican party control of the House of Representatives — ending two years headed by the Democrats — and just days after Obama’s successor, the twice impeached Donald Trump, announced his bid to return to the White House in 2024.
The Obama interview will also mark a highlight for the end...
In conversation with Noah, the former president will discuss the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum and critical issues facing America and the world today. The interview will be Obama’s third with Noah, and his first in-studio. He previously appeared in a 2020 virtually taped episode, and did one of his final interviews as president with Noah at the White House.
The interview comes the week after the midterm elections that won the Republican party control of the House of Representatives — ending two years headed by the Democrats — and just days after Obama’s successor, the twice impeached Donald Trump, announced his bid to return to the White House in 2024.
The Obama interview will also mark a highlight for the end...
- 11/17/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Pauline Chalamet did her part for democracy this Election Day. In a Nov. 8 discussion with The Recount, she revealed that she signed up through an organization called Power the Polls to be a poll worker in California. "I do believe that as fragile and, in many ways, broken as our democracy is, we're so lucky to be in a place where we can show up and vote," she said.
Chalamet added that her dad was a journalist and worked for the United Nations, so "awareness and using your voice and justice" were always important to her growing up. "It was always normal to exercise your civic duty," she said, adding that her passion for politics has grown in recent years, particularly with the rise of more relatable candidates like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush. She also said she would consider running for office herself. "I'm really into this," she said.
Chalamet added that her dad was a journalist and worked for the United Nations, so "awareness and using your voice and justice" were always important to her growing up. "It was always normal to exercise your civic duty," she said, adding that her passion for politics has grown in recent years, particularly with the rise of more relatable candidates like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush. She also said she would consider running for office herself. "I'm really into this," she said.
- 11/9/2022
- by Yerin Kim
- Popsugar.com
Kina Collins, a gun violence prevention activist and newly declared Democratic candidate for Congress, sat in the backyard of a craftsman house in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park last September and lamented the state of the Democratic party — specifically, how it approached the subject of her activism. Young people died constantly of gun violence in her neighborhood, she explained. “We have to console the parents when their sons get scraped off the ground from being shot,” she said. “We have to deal with the abandoned buildings and vacant lots in our neighborhoods.
- 6/29/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Colorado is only one of three states that allows abortion at any phase of pregnancy. It borders five states where the fate of abortion access remains uncertain, if not outright banned. In anticipation of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Colorado legislature enshrined the right to abortion access in its laws back in April. “State leadership matters more than ever,” Gov. Jared Polis (D) said when the Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of federal abortion rights with its decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health on Friday. “We...
- 6/28/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” has cancelled its upcoming live Thursday episode as a response to host Colbert testing positive for Covid-19.
The news was announced through the official “Late Show” Twitter account, which tweeted a brief message Thursday morning.
“Stephen Colbert has tested positive for Covid 19,” the message reads. “Tonight’s show is cancelled. As previously planned, the show will be airing repeats tomorrow through next week. We will return with new episodes on May 2nd.”
Stephen Colbert has tested positive for Covid 19. Tonight’s show is cancelled. As previously planned, the show will be airing repeats tomorrow through next week. We will return with new episodes on May 2nd.
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) April 21, 2022
Thursday’s live broadcast was scheduled to feature appearances from Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, the stars of Netflix’s “Ozark,” which premieres its final episodes in May.
Colbert himself shared an update regarding the situation,...
The news was announced through the official “Late Show” Twitter account, which tweeted a brief message Thursday morning.
“Stephen Colbert has tested positive for Covid 19,” the message reads. “Tonight’s show is cancelled. As previously planned, the show will be airing repeats tomorrow through next week. We will return with new episodes on May 2nd.”
Stephen Colbert has tested positive for Covid 19. Tonight’s show is cancelled. As previously planned, the show will be airing repeats tomorrow through next week. We will return with new episodes on May 2nd.
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) April 21, 2022
Thursday’s live broadcast was scheduled to feature appearances from Jason Bateman and Laura Linney, the stars of Netflix’s “Ozark,” which premieres its final episodes in May.
Colbert himself shared an update regarding the situation,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
After a year of thwarted plans and with little time before the 2022 midterms, progressive lawmakers are throwing a Hail Mary to get their priorities into the end zone: a push for President Joe Biden to take what he can of his stymied agenda and enact it through executive actions — perhaps the last best hope for the left’s ideas.
The recommendations, from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, span eight categories, such as lowering health care costs, immigration action, and criminal justice reforms. They include common progressive refrains, such as canceling student loan debt,...
The recommendations, from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, span eight categories, such as lowering health care costs, immigration action, and criminal justice reforms. They include common progressive refrains, such as canceling student loan debt,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
A year ago, President Joe Biden stood before a joint session of Congress to describe his soaring vision to transform the American economy. When he returned to the House chamber for his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, that vision remained unrealized, stymied by the centrists in his party. But his calls to resurrect jettisoned elements of that agenda offered some cover to the much-maligned progressives in his party, his populist message dovetailing — at least in part — with the desires of Democrats’ left flank.
Biden called for...
Biden called for...
- 3/2/2022
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
President Biden has nominated federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
Appearing alongside Jackson at the White House on Friday, Biden described his nominee as a jurist with a “uniquely accomplished and wide-ranging background.” If confirmed, he said, Jackson “will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the court.”
Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a post that Biden nominated her to last year to replace current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Appearing alongside Jackson at the White House on Friday, Biden described his nominee as a jurist with a “uniquely accomplished and wide-ranging background.” If confirmed, he said, Jackson “will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the court.”
Jackson serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a post that Biden nominated her to last year to replace current Attorney General Merrick Garland.
- 2/25/2022
- by William Vaillancourt and Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
It’s day two of Charlie Kirk’s AmericaFest, and freedom is in the air. At a gathering aimed primarily at Gen Z and Millennial conservatives, the theme is threaded throughout the event, and it can be seen everywhere: Never has the American flag been donned in some many iterations. The red, white, and blue motif graces blazers, cowboy hats, and high heels, as well as the photo backdrops and stage lighting.
Freedom is the implicit message of Sunday’s opening worship led by Sean Feucht, a Christian musician and...
Freedom is the implicit message of Sunday’s opening worship led by Sean Feucht, a Christian musician and...
- 12/21/2021
- by Natasha Yee
- Rollingstone.com
Millions of Americans are at risk of eviction, thanks to the eviction moratorium that expired over the weekend while Congress and the White House sparred over who was responsible for extending it. President Joe Biden asked landlords to pause evictions for the next 30 days on Monday as the administration scrambles to find a way to implement a new eviction moratorium.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday that the CDC so far has been “unable to find legal authority” to create a new moratorium, citing a Supreme Court...
- 8/2/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Overnight, millions of Americans became at risk of being evicted as a pause on evictions protecting Americans from losing their homes lapsed, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) says that is due to the White House not being “forthright” and moderate Democrats in Congress who refused to support an extension of the eviction ban.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Ocasio-Cortez said the White House was not “forthright” when it waited until two days before the eviction moratorium expired to announce that it was relying on Congress to pass legislation extending the deadline.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Ocasio-Cortez said the White House was not “forthright” when it waited until two days before the eviction moratorium expired to announce that it was relying on Congress to pass legislation extending the deadline.
- 8/1/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) slept on the steps of the Capitol Friday night.
The congresswoman—accompanied by fellow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and activists—spent the night on the Capitol steps to bring attention to the millions of Americans who face eviction if a moratorium implemented by the CDC in March 2020 is allowed to expire at midnight on Saturday. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, more than 11 million Americans are behind on rent, and many have not received federal rent assistance that was passed by Congress.
The congresswoman—accompanied by fellow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and activists—spent the night on the Capitol steps to bring attention to the millions of Americans who face eviction if a moratorium implemented by the CDC in March 2020 is allowed to expire at midnight on Saturday. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, more than 11 million Americans are behind on rent, and many have not received federal rent assistance that was passed by Congress.
- 7/31/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has made a career out of publicly harassing her imagined enemies. She got a dose of her own medicine on Tuesday when her joint press conference with Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) was broken up by protesters, one of which was armed with a very loud, very shrill whistle.
The presser outside the Department of Justice was primed to offer some counter-factual counter-programming to the January 6th hearing down the road at the Capitol, during which Capitol Police officers...
The presser outside the Department of Justice was primed to offer some counter-factual counter-programming to the January 6th hearing down the road at the Capitol, during which Capitol Police officers...
- 7/27/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, said that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are “unpatriotic.” The comment was made in an interview on Greg Kelly Reports, a news discussion program on the right-wing channel Newsmax. The show’s host asked Eric about his opinion on Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush‘s tweet, which she […]
The post Eric Trump Calls Joe Biden & Kamala Harris ‘Unpatriotic’ appeared first on uInterview.
The post Eric Trump Calls Joe Biden & Kamala Harris ‘Unpatriotic’ appeared first on uInterview.
- 7/7/2021
- by Alexandra Llorca
- Uinterview
Citing Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “harassment of her colleagues,” 37 House Democrats sent a letter to GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy demanding he take action to address Greene’s behavior. Unchecked, they say, Greene’s actions “could lead to violence against members of Congress.”
Led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Thursday letter included signatures from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and other House Democrats. The letter refers to “well documented” incidents that they say should prompt action from Republican leadership.
The incidents, according to the letter,...
Led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Thursday letter included signatures from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and other House Democrats. The letter refers to “well documented” incidents that they say should prompt action from Republican leadership.
The incidents, according to the letter,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Wavelength has a simple mantra — “tell great fucking stories” — but its intentions go much deeper than that. Founded in 2015 by Jenifer Westphal, the scrappy six-year-old company has been making waves with its mostly women executives developing a diverse slate of films that combine social relevance with compelling characters, while prioritizing first-time women directors and filmmakers of color.
At a time when Hollywood continues to struggle to find diverse talent behind the camera, companies like Wavelength provide essential case studies for how to lean into inclusivity from the earliest stages of the development process. Since its founding in 2015, Wavelength has produced over 30 feature films, curating a roster of award-winning, buzz-worthy titles including Sundance fare like Ekwa Msangi’s “Farewell Amor,” Jordana Spiro’s “Night Comes On,” and Tayarisha Poe’s “Selah and the Spades,” as well as high profile documentaries including Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” which...
At a time when Hollywood continues to struggle to find diverse talent behind the camera, companies like Wavelength provide essential case studies for how to lean into inclusivity from the earliest stages of the development process. Since its founding in 2015, Wavelength has produced over 30 feature films, curating a roster of award-winning, buzz-worthy titles including Sundance fare like Ekwa Msangi’s “Farewell Amor,” Jordana Spiro’s “Night Comes On,” and Tayarisha Poe’s “Selah and the Spades,” as well as high profile documentaries including Morgan Neville’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” which...
- 6/24/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Fifty years ago on Thursday, President Nixon declared a “War on Drugs.” In a special address to Congress, he promised a coordinated federal response to drug addiction, which he described as a “national emergency” that “destroys lives, destroys families, and destroys communities.” Five decades and hundreds of billions of dollars later, the War on Drugs has done nothing to curb addiction. Instead, it has destroyed the lives, families, and communities of millions of Americans, disproportionately people of color, who have been incarcerated for drug offenses.
Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-n.
Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-n.
- 6/15/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
A House committee voted to advance a bill that would create a commission to study the effects of slavery in the United States and the possibility of paying reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.
This vote marks the first time the bill, H.R. 40, has made it out of the Judiciary Committee since it was originally introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) in 1989. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has reintroduced the bill each Congress since Conyers’ retirement in 2017, and called the bill a “major step” on the “path to restorative justice.
This vote marks the first time the bill, H.R. 40, has made it out of the Judiciary Committee since it was originally introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) in 1989. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has reintroduced the bill each Congress since Conyers’ retirement in 2017, and called the bill a “major step” on the “path to restorative justice.
- 4/15/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Sophia Bush has joined forces with Wondery to launch new episodes of her podcast, Work In Progress.
The podcast, which will return in mid-April, features exclusive interviews with guests including Hillary Clinton, Diane von Furstenberg, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Jose Andres and more. Work in Progress with Sophia Bush sees frank, funny, personal, professional, and sometimes even political conversations with people who inspire the actress about how they’ve gotten to where they are, and where they think they’re still going. These discussions stem from her “aha” moment of realizing you are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.
Work In Progress serves as a window into the minds and vulnerabilities of some of the most inspiring, influential and powerful celebrities, politicians, artists, activists, and professionals. Previous episodes’ guests include Damon Lindelof, Cori Bush, Mary L. Trump and Natalie Portman.
Wondery is a premium podcast organization known for “Dr. Death,...
The podcast, which will return in mid-April, features exclusive interviews with guests including Hillary Clinton, Diane von Furstenberg, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Jose Andres and more. Work in Progress with Sophia Bush sees frank, funny, personal, professional, and sometimes even political conversations with people who inspire the actress about how they’ve gotten to where they are, and where they think they’re still going. These discussions stem from her “aha” moment of realizing you are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.
Work In Progress serves as a window into the minds and vulnerabilities of some of the most inspiring, influential and powerful celebrities, politicians, artists, activists, and professionals. Previous episodes’ guests include Damon Lindelof, Cori Bush, Mary L. Trump and Natalie Portman.
Wondery is a premium podcast organization known for “Dr. Death,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment announced Thursday it has acquired North American distribution rights to The Big Scary “S” Word, a feature documentary that “explores the rich history of the American socialist movement.”
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
- 3/25/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
As a leader in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in St. Louis after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Cori Bush was used to showing up at protests and seeing police, often fully deck out in riot gear, already waiting for them. Those memories came back to her as she watched videos of rioters, including one toting a Confederate flag, break into the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. “We knew at any moment we would be maced, pepper sprayed, tear gassed, rubber bullets would start flying,” Bush says. “But that...
- 2/12/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the trailer for “Behind Her Eyes” and Peacock announced it is adding the third season of “Mr. Mercedes” next month.
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Pluto TV will stream a special two-week sampling of the premiere episodes of the Queen Latifah-starring “The Equalizer” and “The Silence of the Lambs” sequel series “Clarice” following their broadcast debuts on CBS. “The Equalizer” premieres on CBS immediately after Super Bowl Lv on Feb. 7 and “Clarice” kicks off on Feb. 11 at 10 p.m. In addition, Amazon Prime Video will offer the pilot of both series in front of its paywall and YouTube will run the episodes for free on its CBS channel.
Peacock will add the third season of “Mr. Mercedes” to its content library on March 4, with all 10 episodes dropping at once. The show originally ran the Audience Network from 2017 to 2019. (Season 3 episodes first premiered in September 2019.) Peacock...
Dates
Pluto TV will stream a special two-week sampling of the premiere episodes of the Queen Latifah-starring “The Equalizer” and “The Silence of the Lambs” sequel series “Clarice” following their broadcast debuts on CBS. “The Equalizer” premieres on CBS immediately after Super Bowl Lv on Feb. 7 and “Clarice” kicks off on Feb. 11 at 10 p.m. In addition, Amazon Prime Video will offer the pilot of both series in front of its paywall and YouTube will run the episodes for free on its CBS channel.
Peacock will add the third season of “Mr. Mercedes” to its content library on March 4, with all 10 episodes dropping at once. The show originally ran the Audience Network from 2017 to 2019. (Season 3 episodes first premiered in September 2019.) Peacock...
- 2/4/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
During one of her first speeches as a member of Congress last week, U.S. Representative Cori Bush called out “white supremacist in chief” Donald Trump and called for his second impeachment, earning her a chorus of “boos” from Republicans on the House floor.
But on Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. Day episode of “The View,” Bush explained to co-host Sunny Hostin that she wasn’t surprised by the negative reaction. Instead, she viewed it as her fellow representatives showing their true colors. (You can watch the speech that got her booed here).
“I could believe it,” Bush said. “If you want to deflect, if you want to take the attention off of you, you know, ‘I wanna play the blame game.’ It’s sad, though, that we’re talking about actual leaders… These people are supposed to represent approximately 750,000 people who look like me, who look like you,...
But on Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. Day episode of “The View,” Bush explained to co-host Sunny Hostin that she wasn’t surprised by the negative reaction. Instead, she viewed it as her fellow representatives showing their true colors. (You can watch the speech that got her booed here).
“I could believe it,” Bush said. “If you want to deflect, if you want to take the attention off of you, you know, ‘I wanna play the blame game.’ It’s sad, though, that we’re talking about actual leaders… These people are supposed to represent approximately 750,000 people who look like me, who look like you,...
- 1/18/2021
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix announced on Thursday that it has finalized a deal to acquire worldwide distribution rights to the award-winning documentary, “Knock Down the House,” which features Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The documentary received a standing ovation following its premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and was given by the Sundance Institute the Festival Favorite Award selected by audience votes from the 121 features screened at the festival.
When tragedy struck her family in the midst of the financial crisis, Bronx-born Ocasio-Cortez had to work double shifts in a restaurant to save her home from foreclosure. After losing a loved one to a preventable medical condition, Amy Vilela didn’t know what to do with the anger she felt about America’s broken health care system. Cori Bush was drawn into the streets when the police shooting of an unarmed black man brought protests and tanks into her neighborhood. Paula Jean Swearengin was fed...
The documentary received a standing ovation following its premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and was given by the Sundance Institute the Festival Favorite Award selected by audience votes from the 121 features screened at the festival.
When tragedy struck her family in the midst of the financial crisis, Bronx-born Ocasio-Cortez had to work double shifts in a restaurant to save her home from foreclosure. After losing a loved one to a preventable medical condition, Amy Vilela didn’t know what to do with the anger she felt about America’s broken health care system. Cori Bush was drawn into the streets when the police shooting of an unarmed black man brought protests and tanks into her neighborhood. Paula Jean Swearengin was fed...
- 2/7/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster and Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Deadline broke news last Wednesday that Netflix had won a heated auction for the Sundance documentary Knock Down the House, but it wasn’t immediately clear how much the picture sold for. I can reveal that Netflix paid $10 million for worldwide rights to a film that yesterday received Sundance’s coveted Festival Favorite Award.
By my count, that makes Knock Down the House the biggest documentary sale ever brokered at a film festival, this for the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and three other candidates who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, shaking up the status quo and bringing fresh blood into Congress.
Long marginalized in comparisons to narrative films, documentaries have entered an unprecedented golden age, one that is only going to get better, as studio-backed subscription streaming services will seek out these films in the next year or...
By my count, that makes Knock Down the House the biggest documentary sale ever brokered at a film festival, this for the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and three other candidates who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, shaking up the status quo and bringing fresh blood into Congress.
Long marginalized in comparisons to narrative films, documentaries have entered an unprecedented golden age, one that is only going to get better, as studio-backed subscription streaming services will seek out these films in the next year or...
- 2/6/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
When filming “Knock Down the House,” Rachel Lears was worried at one point that none of the women she followed in their campaigns for Congress would be successful. But then Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez pulled off her stunning upset in the Bronx, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives.
“It was a really incredible experience going through that election day and night with her,” Lears told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at the Sundance Film Festival. “I was a little delirious filming for 30 straight days, probably, but it was a pretty amazing night.”
Also Read: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Sundance After All, by Webcast
Along with Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign, “Knock Down the House” follows three other progressive women with working class backgrounds who, after Donald Trump’s election, decided to run for Congress in the 2018 midterms. As they jumped into the election, they faced incumbents and other contenders that had...
“It was a really incredible experience going through that election day and night with her,” Lears told TheWrap’s Steve Pond at the Sundance Film Festival. “I was a little delirious filming for 30 straight days, probably, but it was a pretty amazing night.”
Also Read: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Sundance After All, by Webcast
Along with Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign, “Knock Down the House” follows three other progressive women with working class backgrounds who, after Donald Trump’s election, decided to run for Congress in the 2018 midterms. As they jumped into the election, they faced incumbents and other contenders that had...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Rachel Lears was looking for hope. The ongoing legacy of the 2016 election had left the documentarian scouring for stories that would counteract, in her words, “the cynicism and despair that a lot of us felt.” She began to notice that progressive organizations like Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats were encouraging a number of “ordinary people,” i.e. not career politicians and corporate-sponsored fatcats, to run for Congress in the 2018 midterms. The fact that an unprecedented amount of women and people of color were throwing their names in the ring had also caught her attention.
- 1/31/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix is in final negotiations to win rights to “Knock Down the House,” an acclaimed documentary about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive candidates that debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Rumor has it that the sale could be for as much as $6 million, a huge sum of money for a non-fiction film. The project attracted several bidders in what has been a nearly four-day, ongoing pitch standoff between Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix, multiple insiders familiar with the talks told Variety. Sony Pictures Classics also expressed interest, one of the individuals said. Amazon dropped out late Wednesday, another said.
Initially, the filmmakers were seeking robust theatrical distribution — something that Netflix has traditionally shunned.
Directed by Rachel Lears, “Knock Down the House” provides rare, behind-the-scenes footage of Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win over Democratic powerhouse Joe Crowley. The film documents three other upstart candidates — West Virginia’s Paula Jean Swearengin,...
Rumor has it that the sale could be for as much as $6 million, a huge sum of money for a non-fiction film. The project attracted several bidders in what has been a nearly four-day, ongoing pitch standoff between Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix, multiple insiders familiar with the talks told Variety. Sony Pictures Classics also expressed interest, one of the individuals said. Amazon dropped out late Wednesday, another said.
Initially, the filmmakers were seeking robust theatrical distribution — something that Netflix has traditionally shunned.
Directed by Rachel Lears, “Knock Down the House” provides rare, behind-the-scenes footage of Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win over Democratic powerhouse Joe Crowley. The film documents three other upstart candidates — West Virginia’s Paula Jean Swearengin,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix is about to get on the board in a big way at the Sundance Film Festival, near a deal on one of the buzziest documentaries to play Park City. Netflix is closing on Knock Down the House, the Rachel Lears-directed film that followed the campaigns of four progressive women who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, shaking up the status quo and bringing fresh blood into Congress.
One of the main figures in the film is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who ran as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and was elected to New York’s 14th District and became at age 29 the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to come to Sundance, but had to cancel the trip because of the turbulence of the government shutdown which was just coming to an end.
The other progressive challengers whose...
One of the main figures in the film is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who ran as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and was elected to New York’s 14th District and became at age 29 the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to come to Sundance, but had to cancel the trip because of the turbulence of the government shutdown which was just coming to an end.
The other progressive challengers whose...
- 1/31/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is circling Knock Down the House, the Sundance documentary that tracked four women running for Congress in 2018, including now-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York).
The feature follows Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin as they join a movement of insurgent candidates trying to topple incumbents in an electric primary race for Congress. (Ocasio-Cortez won her race and has since become an outspoken voice among the young Democrats in Congress.)
Rachel Lears directed the film and produced with Sarah Olson and Robin Blotnick.
Fellow streamers Apple and Amazon also showed interest in Knock Down the House, which ...
The feature follows Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin as they join a movement of insurgent candidates trying to topple incumbents in an electric primary race for Congress. (Ocasio-Cortez won her race and has since become an outspoken voice among the young Democrats in Congress.)
Rachel Lears directed the film and produced with Sarah Olson and Robin Blotnick.
Fellow streamers Apple and Amazon also showed interest in Knock Down the House, which ...
- 1/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix is circling Knock Down the House, the Sundance documentary that tracked four women running for Congress in 2018, including now-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York).
The feature follows Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin as they join a movement of insurgent candidates trying to topple incumbents in an electric primary race for Congress. (Ocasio-Cortez won her race and has since become an outspoken voice among the young Democrats in Congress.)
Rachel Lears directed the film and produced with Sarah Olson and Robin Blotnick.
Fellow streamers Apple and Amazon also showed interest in Knock Down the House, which ...
The feature follows Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin as they join a movement of insurgent candidates trying to topple incumbents in an electric primary race for Congress. (Ocasio-Cortez won her race and has since become an outspoken voice among the young Democrats in Congress.)
Rachel Lears directed the film and produced with Sarah Olson and Robin Blotnick.
Fellow streamers Apple and Amazon also showed interest in Knock Down the House, which ...
- 1/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No one would believe the ending of Rachel Lears’ “Knock Down the House” if it wasn’t splashed all over the news months ago, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t land with a gut punch and more than a few tears. Originally imagined — and, as evidenced by a successful Kickstarter campaign, quite literally pitched — as a documentary about the changing face of America’s political strivers, the inspiring film inevitably changed significantly along the way. The result is an immediate and engaging look inside a system so many newbies are eager to mold into a fresh vision, bolstered by the star wattage of a newly minted political powerhouse.
Lears’ film focuses on four first-time candidates scattered around the country, all women, all from working class backgrounds, all pursuing political office for different reasons, though the film inevitably gives way to the full-force power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and charisma.
Lears’ film focuses on four first-time candidates scattered around the country, all women, all from working class backgrounds, all pursuing political office for different reasons, though the film inevitably gives way to the full-force power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and charisma.
- 1/30/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“This is not about electing me to Congress,” says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just before her debate versus longstanding New York Rep. Joe Crowley. “This is about electing us to Congress.” By us, she means the insurrectionist progressives at the center of filmmaker Rachel Lears’ emotional documentary “Knock Down the House,” which follows her and three other grassroots female candidates challenging local male Democratic incumbents in the 2018 Democratic primary.
Ocasio-Cortez has the most name recognition of the bunch, and the doc partially serves as a “Dreams From My Father”-type personal memoir for a millennial politician who has no need to publish a book as long as she has Instagram and Twitter. But the power of the film is that Ocasio-Cortez is not the only exceptional woman here. Lears introduces audiences to Paula Jean Swearengin, a coal miner’s daughter from Coal City, West Virginia who has witnessed firsthand how pollutants have...
Ocasio-Cortez has the most name recognition of the bunch, and the doc partially serves as a “Dreams From My Father”-type personal memoir for a millennial politician who has no need to publish a book as long as she has Instagram and Twitter. But the power of the film is that Ocasio-Cortez is not the only exceptional woman here. Lears introduces audiences to Paula Jean Swearengin, a coal miner’s daughter from Coal City, West Virginia who has witnessed firsthand how pollutants have...
- 1/30/2019
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Rachel Lears’ Knock Down the House is a fun, emotionally powerful, inspiring look at the incredible wave of would-be politicians that sought, in 2018, to challenge status quo Democrats and enact meaningful change—all while refusing money from Wall Street fat cats and big business super PACs.
Of the four women Lears follows until their respective primary election days, one of them needs no introduction: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now an elected congresswoman for New York’s 14th congressional district, and quite possibly the most engaging, gregarious, endlessly charismatic public personality of our time, politician or otherwise. Her story, and subsequent victory over legacy Dem Joe Crowley, is a winning David vs. Goliath hero’s journey that never fails to make you feel hopeful for the future of the world. (I would say America, but when Aoc is Potus in six years, her impact will be global.)
While the other three women are...
Of the four women Lears follows until their respective primary election days, one of them needs no introduction: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now an elected congresswoman for New York’s 14th congressional district, and quite possibly the most engaging, gregarious, endlessly charismatic public personality of our time, politician or otherwise. Her story, and subsequent victory over legacy Dem Joe Crowley, is a winning David vs. Goliath hero’s journey that never fails to make you feel hopeful for the future of the world. (I would say America, but when Aoc is Potus in six years, her impact will be global.)
While the other three women are...
- 1/29/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was actually made it to the Sundance Film Festival tonight, at least digitally.
Yesterday, Deadline revealed and the newly minted Congresswoman confirmed online that she wouldn’t be showing up in Park City in person as previously planned for the premiere of a documentary about her remarkable winning campaign due to “complications from the gov shutdown.”However, the conclusion of the first of five Sff screenings for Knock Down the House gave attendees a shock on Sunday when Aoc herself actually did showed up live on the big screen via Skype.
“This is my first time seeing it in its final form,” the tech friendly Representative for New York’s 14th district enthusiastically told the full Marc Theatre as she was connected from the nation’s capital – as you can see from this video below by Showtime’s communications chief:
She couldn’t be here in person, but...
Yesterday, Deadline revealed and the newly minted Congresswoman confirmed online that she wouldn’t be showing up in Park City in person as previously planned for the premiere of a documentary about her remarkable winning campaign due to “complications from the gov shutdown.”However, the conclusion of the first of five Sff screenings for Knock Down the House gave attendees a shock on Sunday when Aoc herself actually did showed up live on the big screen via Skype.
“This is my first time seeing it in its final form,” the tech friendly Representative for New York’s 14th district enthusiastically told the full Marc Theatre as she was connected from the nation’s capital – as you can see from this video below by Showtime’s communications chief:
She couldn’t be here in person, but...
- 1/28/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the Sundance Film Festival after all on Sunday, showing up via webcast to salute the premiere of “Knock Down the House,” a documentary about the women candidates driving a political revolution in 2018.
“We can do 2018 again better in 2020,” the newly-elected congresswoman from the Bronx told the cheering crowd, which gave the film and her a standing ovation. “So when someone tells you they’re gonna run for office, believe in them early, don’t dismiss them, and know that we all participate, and when we all know what we have to give and choose to give it, our nation will be better.”
The documentary by director Rachel Lears focuses on four first-time candidates, all of them running against the odds, all of them underdogs, all of them running out of rage and frustration at the lack of change for working class Americans.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far,...
“We can do 2018 again better in 2020,” the newly-elected congresswoman from the Bronx told the cheering crowd, which gave the film and her a standing ovation. “So when someone tells you they’re gonna run for office, believe in them early, don’t dismiss them, and know that we all participate, and when we all know what we have to give and choose to give it, our nation will be better.”
The documentary by director Rachel Lears focuses on four first-time candidates, all of them running against the odds, all of them underdogs, all of them running out of rage and frustration at the lack of change for working class Americans.
Also Read: Sundance 2019: Every Movie Sold So Far,...
- 1/28/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not be attending a screening of “Knock Down the House,” a documentary about the freshman congresswoman during her primary race, at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday that because of “complications” from the government shutdown, she will miss the film’s premiere.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of ‘Knock Down the House,'” she tweeted. “This film was made, with love, for people.”
Also Read: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Asks at 'What Point Is Fox News Obligated to Not Lie?' About Shutdown
Ocasio-Cortez also shared a brief clip from the film that she says was made at the beginning of her and her peers’ journey, calling it “wild to see now.”
“Knock Down the House” follows four women,...
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday that because of “complications” from the government shutdown, she will miss the film’s premiere.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of ‘Knock Down the House,'” she tweeted. “This film was made, with love, for people.”
Also Read: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Asks at 'What Point Is Fox News Obligated to Not Lie?' About Shutdown
Ocasio-Cortez also shared a brief clip from the film that she says was made at the beginning of her and her peers’ journey, calling it “wild to see now.”
“Knock Down the House” follows four women,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Sundance’s most anticipated attendees, has canceled her trip to Park City, Utah.
The freshman Congresswoman announced the decision in a tweet.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them,” she wrote.
“Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House. This film was made, with love, for people.”
“Knock Down the House” is Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s kickstarter-funded documentary that followed four women who ran for Congress, including Ocasio-Cortez and Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. It’s scheduled to premiere at Sundance Film Festival at the Marc Theater at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
As one of the hottest titles at Sundance, Variety wrote: “It’s all about these three letters: Aoc. They stand for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
The freshman Congresswoman announced the decision in a tweet.
“For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them,” she wrote.
“Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House. This film was made, with love, for people.”
“Knock Down the House” is Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick’s kickstarter-funded documentary that followed four women who ran for Congress, including Ocasio-Cortez and Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. It’s scheduled to premiere at Sundance Film Festival at the Marc Theater at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27.
As one of the hottest titles at Sundance, Variety wrote: “It’s all about these three letters: Aoc. They stand for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Knock Down the House will still premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, but the timely documentary won’t have Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the house after all.
With the unprecedented 35-day government shutdown ending on Friday for at least three weeks, the Kdth star and one of the biggest stars in the political heavens has decided to cancel her planned trip this weekend to the Robert Redford-founded fest, I’ve learned. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to attend the January 27 debut of Knock Down The House at the spacious Marc Theatre, as Deadline revealed on January 17.
Update: The freshman congresswoman from New York later confirmed today’s news online:
For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them.
Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House.
With the unprecedented 35-day government shutdown ending on Friday for at least three weeks, the Kdth star and one of the biggest stars in the political heavens has decided to cancel her planned trip this weekend to the Robert Redford-founded fest, I’ve learned. Ocasio-Cortez was expected to attend the January 27 debut of Knock Down The House at the spacious Marc Theatre, as Deadline revealed on January 17.
Update: The freshman congresswoman from New York later confirmed today’s news online:
For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them.
Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House.
- 1/26/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has cancelled a planned appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to support the documentary Knock Down the House, she announced on Saturday.
"For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House," she tweeted, adding, "this film was made, with love, for people."
The Rachel Lears-helmed film, which follows four women — Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin — as they ...
"For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House," she tweeted, adding, "this film was made, with love, for people."
The Rachel Lears-helmed film, which follows four women — Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin — as they ...
- 1/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has cancelled a planned appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to support the documentary Knock Down the House, she announced on Saturday.
"For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House," she tweeted, adding, "this film was made, with love, for people."
The Rachel Lears-helmed film, which follows four women — Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin — as they ...
"For almost two years, a mom followed several women as we ran for Congress. I was one of them. Due to complications from the gov shutdown, I’m sad to say I’ll miss @jubileefilms’ premiere of Knock Down the House," she tweeted, adding, "this film was made, with love, for people."
The Rachel Lears-helmed film, which follows four women — Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin — as they ...
- 1/26/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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