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Cast
Brent Turner
Narrated by Peter Coyote
R. James Woolsey
Merlin Owens
Brian Fox
Alan Dechert
London Breed
Christine Pelosi
Director's Statements
My favorite
projects are documentaries about pressing issues overlooked
or ignored by the mainstream media, and when I found out
that the simplest and most effective solution to vote
hacking is being suppressed by the private corporations that
profit from U.S. elections software, it was news to me, and
I thought more people should know. Brent Turner’s
unrelenting fight to preserve our most basic democratic
right confirms my faith in the ability of engaged
individuals to bring about real change in the face of
corporate greed, political corruption and international
cyberwar, and his drive and determination are an inspiration
to activists in all arenas.
Jody Banks
I had just finished directing a feature documentary about
the portrayal of women in the surf industry when I met Brent
Turner. He had seen the film and praised its investigative
storytelling, adding that he also had a story to tell. A
lifelong political activist, Brent has devoted the last 15
years to election system software reform in the wake of
repeated election irregularities computer scientists
attribute to vote-counting software that is highly
vulnerable to hacking. As he described his evolution from
untamed anti-establishment heavy metal rocker to fanatical
constitutional rights activist, I pondered the fact that
there are very few people who will sacrifice so much for
their convictions. After three years of production and
editing, I find the ongoing persistence of these problems
and the lack of attention paid to them both shocking and
deeply troubling. An accurate vote count is the very basis
of democracy. We made this film to pay homage to real
activists like Brent bringing attention to this critical and
timely issue.
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