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Globalvision's new inevestigative film COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY tells the untold story. It is now available for personal viewing and sale to individuals, educational institutions and organizations interested in organizing community screenings. Information for ordering the film appears below.

COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY was featured at the 2002 TAOS (NM) TALKING PICTURE FESTIVAL which described it this way:

"This tale of race, political payback, voter fraud and justice deferred could have come out of a Hollywood thriller. But no-this is the story of the 2000 Presidential election in Florida, one of the most startling, disturbing events in recent years. Directed by investigative reporter Danny Schechter, Counting on Democracy is a jaw-dropping, even terrifying account of just how shallow our nation's commitment to democracy can be. Weaving together the many strands of a story largely ignored since the bombings of September 11, Counting on Democracy also highlights some new information, including the unethical, if not unconstitutional, purging of the rolls of African American voters. Forget the hanging chads and butterfly ballots: this election included the disenfranchisement of 175,000 citizens-largely the working poor and people of color. Schechter, an Emmy-winning producer, and the author of The More You Watch, The Less You Know, digs deeply into some of the more shocking elements of this major event in U.S. history. In addition, this film is a welcome reminder that, though endangered, that wonderful and essential American tradition of muckraking lives on. The film was produced and written by Faye M. Anderson."

Viewer Comments:

"This is a film that should be seen by every one in the world who holds sacred the power and the meaning of democracy," says G. Hana of Florida:

"As an Associate Editor of the Palm Beach Gazette, I had the opportunity to interview Ms. Anderson after I watched the documentary on July 14, 2002 at a showing in Riviera Beach, a predominantly African American city in Palm Beach County.

"Her extraordinary film brought it all back. Many of us had been so diverted by the horror of September 11, 2001, that we had lost perspective of the enormity of November 7, 2000 "When", as a prominently displayed ACLU handout in the high school auditorium pronounced, "...Black people counted less than white people".

"Asked why she did the film, Anderson said, "I wanted to document the continuum, to demonstrate that we are still engaged in the same struggle that our fore-fathers fought for, the right to vote, the right to matter".

 
Danny Schechter, Director, is a television producer and independent filmmaker who also writes and speaks about media issues. He is co-founder and executive producer of Globalvision and executive editor of Mediachannel.org.

Faye M. Anderson, Producer, is a political pundit and a New York-based freelance journalist whose writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

Review
Palm Beach Post, July 11, 2002
 

We now have a 2004 update on a new DVD version of the film that features interviews with Greg Palast, Michael Moore, and Florida representative Corrine Brown. Order your copy now for only $16.95 plus $5 shipping and handling.