All In: The Fight for Democracy

Name: All In: The Fight for Democracy
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 9, 2020
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Andrew Young, Carol Anderson, Debo Adegbile, Desmond Meade, Eric Foner

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Amazon Studios | Release Date: September 9, 2020 | PG-13

Starring: Andrew Young, Carol Anderson, Debo Adegbile, Desmond Meade, Eric Foner, Frances Fox Piven, Jayla Allen, Lauren Groh-Wargo, Luci Baines Johnson, Marcia Fudge, Michael Parsons, Sean J. Young, Stacey Abrams

Summary: In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, All In: The Fight for Democracy examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States. The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning.In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, All In: The Fight for Democracy examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States. The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know are threats to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.… Expand

Director: Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 102 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Sep 8, 2020

A powerfully timely and absorbing documentary. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Sep 11, 2020

All In: The Fight For Democracy is a valuable public service wrapped in an educational, informative and engaging documentary. Read full review

The Film Stage Erik Nielsen

Sep 10, 2020

All In: The Fight For Democracy is the perfect civics lesson for the current moment. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Sep 8, 2020

All In offers compelling visual history and civics lessons that will still serve an educational purpose long after the next presidential inauguration. Read full review

IndieWire Jude Dry

Sep 9, 2020

Anyone with a passing knowledge of voting rights won’t find much new information in the film, but it’s a rousing and well crafted piece of educational media that takes aim at what research has found to be its most crucial audience: Young voters. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 9, 2020

In a sense, it’s less a documentary for posterity than an urgent broadcast. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth hearing. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 8, 2020

Frankly, All In would be better if it were less expansive. A more straightforward bio-doc about Abrams, with extended digressions about the larger history behind her voting rights activism, might’ve been more powerful. Read full review

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alyssakiely

Sep 18, 2020

Great documentary that reveals a lot of truth about the America’s democracy. All the other reviews on here are conservative trolls, I highly recommend this doc!!

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Gdgip

Oct 20, 2020

You know you’re on the wrong side when you get pissed about high turnouts.

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Brent_Marchant

Apr 14, 2021

No matter where one stands politically, most of us (or so I would like to hope) believe in a sense of fairness when it comes to our elections. However, as this documentary from directors Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus details, the country is increasingly under siege from a growing campaign toNo matter where one stands politically, most of us (or so I would like to hope) believe in a sense of fairness when it comes to our elections. However, as this documentary from directors Lisa Cortes and Liz Garbus details, the country is increasingly under siege from a growing campaign to deliberately suppress voter rights in states across the nation, exposing the myriad techniques being employed by self-interested parties to achieve that result. In telling its story, the film chronicles the history of voter rights from the days of America's birth through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era and eventually the Civil Rights Movement. The picture illustrates the efforts of various constituencies, from African-Americans to women to Asian-Americans and Latinos, in winning and protecting what's widely considered one of the fundamental rights of living in a democracy. But it then goes on to show insidious initiatives to turn back the clock, as exemplified by a number of emerging state legislative and policy actions, most notably the tactics used to manipulate the outcome of the 2018 Georgia governor's race and the efforts to derail the campaign of Democratic candidate Stacy Abrams. This offering thus presents a reasoned and damning look at voter suppression efforts, emphatically delivering an urgent message we all need to hear if we hope to preserve our republic. However, despite the importance of this, the film could stand to be less partisan and more even-handed in tone, especially when it comes to balancing its coverage of which states have implemented voter suppression measures, some of which have arisen in some seemingly unlikely jurisdictions beyond those that have surfaced in more readily expected locales. What's more, "All In" says virtually nothing about what needs to happen even if voter rights are sufficiently protected -- ensuring that our elections produce victors who are actually able to do something to get the nation back on track once they're in office. That could easily be a topic for another film, though one can't deny this consideration is inherently tied to being able to cast our votes in the first place, and, on this point, the picture is silent. Still, I suppose we have to start somewhere, and preserving the opportunity to help bring about such an outcome is essential if we ever hope to have a chance to attain that larger goal.… Expand

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HaVoK308

Sep 12, 2020

Absolute leftist propaganda trash. They never let up. Fortunately the country is waking up to this demonic agenda.

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coloradosnowman

Sep 17, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Silly progaganda that gives Fox News a run for its money. Don't waste your time.… Expand

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egrilley

Sep 24, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same lies and fake news that CNN and the liberals keep pushing. Yes there is voter fraud in this country. People are allowed to vote without showing identification. We have 1000’s upon 1000’s of dead Democrat register voters who keep voting. Illegals voting. Now with the mail in ballots there will be no way to tell who really cast a vote. The left knows the only way they can win is to cheat. And they’re I’ll stop at nothing to destroy this country.… Expand

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