HIFF: ‘Gerrymandering’ looks at whose hands our elections are really in

Across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a once-a-decade war whose winner will control Congress for the next 10 years, and possibly more. Democrats and Republicans collude to keep these skirmishes private so that they can maintain total control over the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcome of elections. Why bother stuffing ballots when they can just draw districts?

That’s the underlying premise covered in the film Gerrymandering, which exposes the most effective form of manipulating elections short of outright fraud. After the 2010 Census is finished, will you know where your district went? 

Check out the new political documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival, which includes a Q&A session with filmmaker Jeff Reichert and Common Cause Hawaii.

Buy tickets at http://hiff.org/program/index.php/films/detail/gerrymandering_2010. The first showing on Thursday, October 21 is already sold out. There are still tickets available for the Sunday, October 24 showing.

For more information, visit http://www.gerrymanderingmovie.com.

Gerrymandering
Sunday October 24 at 10:00 a.m.
Hawaii International Film Festival
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18