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American Blackout
''American Blackout'' (2006) is a documentary film directed by Ian Inaba. It premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles the 2002 defeat, and 2004 reelection, of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney to the U.S. House of Representatives; it also discusses issues surrounding alleged voter disenfranchisement and the use of voting machines in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. Background The film focuses heavily on McKinney, and claims that her 2002 loss in a Democratic primary to Denise Majette (who, like McKinney, is African-American) was part of an effort to disenfranchise minority voters. McKinney claims that Republican voters in her district tipped the primary election to Majette. This itself is legal, as Georgia law opens primaries to all voters irrespective of party. After losing, McKinney filed a lawsuit claiming that open primaries are a violation of the 14th Amendment, but a court dismissed the case. The film also includes civil rights lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Inaba
Ian Inaba (born 1971) is an American film and music video director, producer, and journalist for the Guerrilla News Network. Music videos Inaba directed the music videos for "Mosh" by Eminem and "Time and Time Again" by Chronic Future. He also directed the original music video for the Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band ... song "The Hand that Feeds." It was never released, however, because the band found the subject matter, which depicted Christian Religious Right Christian extremist terrorism, extremism, including threats to abortion clinic patients and abuses by religious authorities, too controversial for their tastes. The job then went to Rob Sheridan. Books and documentaries Inaba contributed to Guerilla News Network, GNN's book about black box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |