THERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT VOTING IN AMERICA
For starters, where is the Electoral College—and does it have a winning football team? Why does America have 13,000 voting districts, each with its own set of rules? And why are residents of our nation’s capital denied full voting rights?
Electoral Dysfunction, a feature-length documentary created by a team of award-winning filmmakers, uses humor and wit to take an irreverent–but nonpartisan–look at voting in America. Slated for theatrical release and PBS broadcast in the fall of 2012, the film stars political humorist Mo Rocca, a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, a panelist on NPR’s hit quiz show Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!, and a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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See it on PBS
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Free Public Screening in Chicago — 10/29
MacArthur Foundation, Joyce Foundation, WTTW and The Brennan Center for Justice are hosting a preview screening of ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION on Monday, October 29, at 5:30 p.m. The event — which is free and open to the public — will be held at Spertus Institute’s Feinberg Theater, 610 S. Michigan Avenue. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session and reception. RSVPs are appreciated; to RSVP, please send an email with attendee names to filmscreening@macfound.org. For additional details, visit http://www.macfound.org/events/93/
PBS Broadcast Dates in Major Cities
See below to find out when ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION will air in your area. For a more complete listing of airings in all U.S. TV markets and additional airings in major cities, click here.
| Market |
Full Name |
Day |
Date |
Time |
| Atlanta |
GPB HDTV |
Mon |
10/22/12 |
11:00PM |
| Atlanta |
GPB HDTV |
Wed |
10/24/12 |
12:30PM |
| Atlanta |
GPB HDTV |
Fri |
10/26/12 |
10:30PM |
| Atlanta |
GPB HDTV |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
1:30PM |
| Baltimore |
MPT HDTV |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
6:30PM |
| Bloomington |
WTIU HDTV |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
1:00PM |
| Bloomington |
WTIU HDTV |
Mon |
11/1/12 |
10:00PM |
| Boston |
WGBH HDTV |
Thurs |
11/1/12 |
9:00PM |
| Charlotte |
WNSC HDTV |
Thurs |
11/1/12 |
10 PM |
| Chicago |
WTTW HDTV |
Tues |
10/30/12 |
9:30PM |
| Chicago |
WTTW HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
1:30PM |
| Cleveland |
WVIZ World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
2:00PM |
| Cleveland |
WVIZ World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
6:00PM |
| Columbus |
WOSU HDTV |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
10:00PM |
| Dallas |
KERA World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
1:00PM |
| Dallas |
KERA World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
5:00PM |
| Dallas |
KERA World |
Tues |
11/6/12 |
11:00PM |
| Denver |
KBDI DT |
Wed |
10/24/12 |
8:00PM |
| Denver |
KBDI DT |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
12:00AM |
| Detroit |
WTVS HDTV |
Thurs |
10/18/12 |
10:30PM |
| Indianapolis |
WFYI |
Fri |
10/26/12 |
9:00PM |
| Kansas City |
KCPT HDTV |
Thurs |
10/18/12 |
8:30PM |
| Los Angeles |
KOCE HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
11:00PM |
| Miami |
WPBT HDTV |
Tues |
11/5/12 |
8:00AM |
| Miami |
WPBT HDTV |
Wed |
11/6/12 |
12:00AM |
| Milwaukee |
MPTV World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
1:00PM |
| Milwaukee |
MPTV World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
5:00PM |
| Milwaukee |
MPTV World |
Tues |
11/6/12 |
11:00PM |
| Minneapolis |
Lakeland Plus |
Sat |
10/27/12 |
9:00PM |
| Minneapolis |
Lakeland Plus
Minnesota Channel |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
9:00PM |
| Minneapolis |
Twin Cities Public
Television |
Sun |
11/3/12 |
1:30PM |
| Nashville |
WCTE World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
1:00PM |
| Nashville |
WCTE World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
5:00PM |
| Nashville |
WCTE World |
Tues |
11/6/12 |
11:00PM |
| New York |
WLIW DT |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
9:00PM |
| New York |
WNET Thirteen HDTV |
Sat |
11/3/12 |
1:30PM |
| New York |
WNJB HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
10:00PM |
| Philadelphia |
WNJS HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
10:00PM |
| Philadelphia |
WNJT HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
10:00PM |
| Philadelphia |
WHYY Y World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
2:00PM |
| Philadelphia |
WHYY Y World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
6:00PM |
| Phoenix |
KAET World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
2:00PM |
| Phoenix |
KAET World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
6:00PM |
| Pittsburgh |
MPT HDTV |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
6:30PM |
| Pittsburgh |
WQED HDTV |
Fri |
11/2/12 |
9:00PM |
| Portland |
OPB HDTV |
Mon |
10/22/12 |
10:00PM |
| Raleigh-Durham |
UNC-MX |
Wed |
10/31/12 |
8:00PM |
| Sacramento |
KVIE HDTV |
Sun |
11/4/12 |
3 PM |
| Salt Lake City |
KUED World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
12:00PM |
| Salt Lake City |
KUED World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
4:00PM |
| Salt Lake City |
KUED World |
Tues |
11/6/12 |
10:00PM |
| San Francisco |
KQED DT2 |
Sun |
10/21/12 |
4:00PM |
| San Francisco |
KTEH DT |
Sun |
10/21/12 |
4:00PM |
| San Francisco |
KRCB HDTV |
Wed |
10/31/12 |
8:00PM |
| Seattle |
KCTS HDTV |
Fri |
11/2/12 |
12 PM |
| St. Louis |
KETC World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
1:00PM |
| St. Louis |
KETC World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
5:00PM |
| St. Louis |
KETC World |
Tues |
11/6/12 |
11:00PM |
| Tampa |
WEDU World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
2:00PM |
| Tampa |
WEDU World |
Mon |
11/5/12 |
6:00PM |
| Washington, DC |
MPT HDTV |
Sun |
10/28/12 |
6:30PM |
|
Indiana’s Hanover College Hosts Public Screening-10/17
Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana will host a screening of ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION on Wednesday, October 17 at 7 pm. Free and open to the public, the screening will be held in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. For more details, visit http://www.hanover.edu/about/news?a=3464
Harvard University Free Public Screening
Harvard’s Institute of Politics and Houston Institute for Race & Justice Host Free Public Screening — October 18, 2012
The Institute of Politics and Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard University are hosting a free screening and discussion of ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION on Thursday, October 18. The screening begins at 7 pm and is being held at Starr Auditorium at the Kennedy School (79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA). For more details, click here.
Brennan Center hosts free public screening in NYC – 10/10/12
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School is hosting a free screening and discussion of ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION on Wednesday, October 10. The screening begins at 7, with a reception at 6:30. Mo Rocca will moderate a post-screening discussion.
Click here for details and to RSVP.
