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  • 2014
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Citizen Koch investigates the impact of unlimited, anonymous spending by corporations and billionaires on the electoral process, featuring stories of life-long Republicans whose loyalty is tested when their families become collateral damage in the GOP fight to take organized labor out at the knees.

Directed By: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

Written By: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

  • 2014
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Variance Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Citizen Koch

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary Citizen Koch investigates the impact of unlimited, anonymous spending by corporations and billionaires on the electoral process, featuring stories of life-long Republicans whose loyalty is tested when their families become collateral damage in the GOP fight to take organized labor out at the knees.

Directed By: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

Written By: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

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David H. Koch

Self - Founder, Americans for Prosperity

Charles G. Koch

Self - Founder, Americans for Prosperity

Scott Walker

Self - Governor, Wisconsin

Floyd Abrams

Self - Argued in Support of Citizens United

Ellen Weintraub

Self - Chair, Federal Election Commission

Trevor Potter

Self - Former Chair, Federal Election Commission

Russ Feingold

Self - Former Senator, Wisconsin

Bob Edgar

Self - Former Representative, Pennsylvania

Buddy Roemer

Self - Former Governor, Louisiana

Mike McCabe

Self - Executive Director, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Lee Fang

Self - Author, The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right

Peter Barca

Self - State Representative, Wisconsin

Jon Erpenbach

Self - State Senator, Wisconsin

Mari Jo Kabat

Self - Public School Worker

Brian Cunningham

Self - Correctional Officer

Gwen Moore

Self - Representative, Wisconsin

Dee Ives

Self - Veterans Home Nurse

John Ives

Self - Dee's Husband

Paul Booth

Self - Political Strategist, AFSCME

Matt Labash

Self - Writer, The Weekly Standard

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
52
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
6% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
52
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Jun 19, 2014
If you have a shred of idealism left, it’s hard to watch Citizen Koch without a mounting sense of despair and outrage over the influence that money has come to wield over modern elections.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 19, 2014
In other words, Citizen Koch is preaching to the choir. Which might not be a pointless exercise, seeing how the choir failed to show up for the last midterm election in 2010, and might need extra motivation not to repeat that mistake this November.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 5, 2014
Citizen Koch is kind of a mess. But it’s a mess well worth discovering for yourself.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 26, 2014
Citizen Koch is pure advocacy doc: brisk and clear-eyed, to be sure, but not likely to surprise headline-savvy moviegoers or angered progressives.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 5, 2014
While one might agree or disagree with their theme, aesthetically Citizen Koch is feisty.
By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 27, 2014
Regardless of how well-argued it is, when watching a film feels this much like homework, that's not likely to happen.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 3, 2014
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin's scattershot agitprop doc takes the perfidy of the billionaire Koch brothers as its given, offering up montages of Tea Party screamers rather than investigative reporting or rigorous argumentation.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Elsewhere Films
Release Date Jun 6, 2014
Duration 1 h 30 m
Genres
Tagline A hundred million ways to stick it to you.
Website https://www.facebook.com/CitizenKochFilm
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Awards

Traverse City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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