American Blackout
Release Date: September 22, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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75
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
The film is ultimately as much an indictment of liberal apathy as of conservative dirty dealing, and a canonization of McKinney for her continued refusal to follow any party's party line. Read full review
70
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
Seeing stories about politicians like this that are so strongly passionate and enduring uplifts our feelings of dread towards politics. If only more politicians followed her example, perhaps we wouldn’t be in the current state we are in today. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
An illuminating, infuriating document that paints McKinney as a true American heroine and patriot and confirms your worst fears about just how rotten our "democratic" process is at its core. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSura Wood
An engrossing, low-budget documentary, is a powerful examination of voting rights in America. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa Levine
This passionate polemic follows Democratic representative Cynthia McKinney, of Georgia, as she campaigns to bring attention to the disenfranchisement of black voters in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Though occasionally inflammatory -- one interviewee talks about being "slingshotted into slavery" -- American Blackout isn’t a conspiracy rant. It's a methodical compilation of questions and irregularities that deserves a wider audience. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The movie includes a postscript about her (McKinney's) loss, blaming it on more dirty tricks. That may be true, but it doesn't put the steam back in the film. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
If all that Ian Inaba's latest Guerilla News Network missive, American Blackout, wants to do is get left Democrats worked up into a lather of righteous anger at crafty Republicans, it does so at the expense of speaking to any other group of Americans. As such, docu is extremely limited and almost without purpose except as an organizing tool for party foot soldiers. Read full review
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