Please join the Brookline League of Women Voters, The Public Library of Brookline, and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations at a free virtual showing of RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM. RSVP here to get a link to the event on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/riggedbrookline
RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook is an award-winning documentary that exposes the nefarious tactics used to suppress the vote and serves to spark discussion on the actions needed to protect our democracy. Shot principally during the 2016 election, the film tracks a systematic, decade-long effort to reverse the impact of the growing demographic tide of non-white and younger voters who helped elect President Barack Obama in 2008. It details a variety of voter suppression “plays,” or tactics, ranging from the purging of voting rolls and passing of new, restrictive voter ID laws to gerrymandering and voter intimidation. The film includes revealing interviews detailing how the voter suppression game is played as well as cogent insights from leading voting rights advocates and law professors. It is narrated by Tony & Emmy award-winning actor, Jeffrey Wright.
Following the screening of the film, there will be a panel discussion on voting rights and voter suppression with executive producer, Mac Heller.
We hope you are able to join us for this important film and a lively discussion! Please feel free to spread to your networks! Thank you!
https://tinyurl.com/riggedbrookline
