Free Movie and Panel Discussion Oct. 21

Past event
Oct 21, 2020

Free Movie: RIGGED, The Voter Suppression Playbook. Followed by Panel Discussion

Through October 21. Documentary: RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Wednesday, October 21. 7 p.m. Panel Discussion on Voter Suppression

Is voter suppression a problem in the United States? Do you wonder what voter suppression looks like? Watch the award-winning documentary, Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, to learn how the principle of "one person, one vote" is being compromised and how American citizens are fighting back. Narrated by Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright, the film chronicles barriers to voting and the effects of new election restrictions that have emerged in legislatures across the country.

Movie: https://vimeo.com/369584224
password: rigged

On Wednesday, October 21 at 7 p.m., tune in to the free online panel discussion where experts discuss state and national efforts to combat voter suppression. Panelists include Jim Condos, Secretary of State, Brianna Cea, CEO/Co-Founder of Generation Vote & Research and Program Associate at Brennan Center for Justice, Paul Burns, VPIRG Executive Director, Falko Schilling, ACLU Vermont Advocacy Director, and Tim Smith, Executive Producer of Rigged. The event will be live streamed over Brattleboro's Community Television YouTube Live at: bit.ly/3ntI68V.

Register to watch panel discussion at: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/OTg2NDM=

Presented by Putney-based Next Stage Arts Project, partnering with the League of Women Voters of Vermont, Disability Rights Vermont, ACLU of Vermont, Vermont Public Interest Research Group, and Jonathan Daniels Center for Social Responsibility.

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