Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002) on Netflix
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Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore becomes a fight over ballots, recounts and voter rolls. Secretary of State Katherine Harris oversees the process.
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Plot summary
In Florida, the contested 2000 presidential election is shaped by a state law from 1868 that barred people with felony convictions from voting. Secretary of State Katherine Harris used that law to build a computerized list of supposed ex-felons, and thousands of eligible voters, mostly people of color, were turned away at the polls. The recount fight and the hanging chad dispute follow, with Al Gore faulted for requesting a recount in only some counties rather than statewide. Evidence is presented that Republican staffers were paid to disrupt the recount, and conflicts of interest involving two Supreme Court justices are questioned. Electronic voting machines are also considered, with their makers refusing audits and the machines producing no paper receipts.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)
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- Its multi-tiered distribution model was described as revolutionary at the time, and executive producer Robert Greenwald called it a "breakthrough" and honed the model in his subsequent films. The film is said to have "jumpstarted" his documentary filmmaking career.
- Greenwald later made Unprecedented the first of his "Un-Trilogy", which also includes Uncovered: The War on Iraq and Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties.
