Documentary + Talk: "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote"

Join us for a screening of the documentary "Suppressed: The Fight to Vote" in Mainz. After the screening, our Education Manager Sarah Wagner will give an input talk on the current situation of voting rights in the United States and then there will be time for a Q&A session.

Non-Democrats Abroad members and non-US citizens are welcome to the event, Democrats Abroad voter registration experts will assist Americans living in Germany register to vote and request a ballot for the 2020 election. 

"Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, the new documentary by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns, Greed, & the NRA) weaves together personal stories from voters across the state of Georgia to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election where Stacey Abrams fought to become the first Black female governor in the U.S. The issues Georgians faced included polling place closures, voter purges, missing absentee ballots, extreme wait times and a host of voter ID issues – all of which disproportionately prevented many students and people of color from casting their ballots. Suppressed: The Fight to Vote features experts, poll watchers and everyday Georgians speaking to the reality of voter suppression and the threat it poses in 2020. In a race that was ultimately decided by 54,723 votes, the film exposes that the basic constitutional right to vote continues to be under siege in America." Via Brave New Films 

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