Minimovies - Dear Oprah - Episode 2/10 (In Line For Democracy)

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Episode 2: In Line For Democracy

Our first stop on our journey across non-voting America is Columbus, Ohio. A single mom and her kids in a poor neighborhood give us a chilling introduction on what voting can be like in America.
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Dear Oprah
Non-Voting America's Wildest Dream.

Almost a hundred million Americans dont vote. Even when they're electing their president and, with that, the most powerful political leader in the world. A year before the presidential elections of 2008 a crew of young European filmmakers goes on a journey all across the country in a little old motorhome to search for Americas missing voters. Who are theyω Why dont they voteω Can a young and fresh presidential candidate as Barack Obama make them voteω How would American politics change if more young people, single women, poor white people, African-Americans and Latinos would start votingω Who better than Oprah could get Americas non-voters to vote in 2008.

Director

Kasper Verkaik (1979) "Dear Oprah" is his debut as filmmaker. Prior to that he made documentaries for Dutch national public radio, and wrote freelance for several magazines and newspapers. Early 2007 he finished his Master's in Communication Science with a thesis about the Iraq war coverage by US news media, based on interviews with numerous journalists at major US newspapers and tv networks. It received the award for best thesis of 2007 from the national trade magazine of Dutch journalists, and Kasper is currently working on a documentary about the same subject. He also makes theater and this year co-founded the young television lab The Formatfactory. Kasper works and lives in New York and Amsterdam.

Camera: Pierre Rezus
Sound: Jaap Hermans
Editor: Axel Skovdal Roelofs

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• presidential
• elections
• election
• 2008
• voting
• columbus
• ohio

[SubmarineChannel]

Thanks for the comments. We don't know why this movie wasn't picked up...

[andewanderer]

This is really good material. Why don't you guys have more views? I like the letter to Oprah idea -- and that even though you guys aren't yankees you understand that she IS the most powerful woman in America bar none!