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  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary After the 2008 election, a secretive, well-funded partisan initiative poured money into state legislative races in key swing states to gain control of their redistricting processes and used high-tech analytics to dramatically skew voting maps based on demographic data. The result is one of the greatest electoral manipulations in U.S. his...

Directed By: Chris Durrance, Barak Goodman

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m

Slay the Dragon

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary After the 2008 election, a secretive, well-funded partisan initiative poured money into state legislative races in key swing states to gain control of their redistricting processes and used high-tech analytics to dramatically skew voting maps based on demographic data. The result is one of the greatest electoral manipulations in U.S. his...

Directed By: Chris Durrance, Barak Goodman

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Stephen Wolf

Self - Redistricting Expert

Rick Pluta

Self - Michigan Public Radio

Charles Williams II

Self - National Action Network

Curt Guyette

Self - Journalist, Metro Times

David Daley

Self - Author, Ratf**ked

Katie Fahey

Self

Kevin Deegan-Krause

Self - Political Science Professor, Wayne State

Chris Jankowski

Self - Republican Strategist

Margaret Dickson

Self - Former Democratic State Representative, North Carolina

Vann Newkirk

Self - Journalist, The Atlantic

Robert Draper

Self - Journalist

Rob Christensen

Self - Journalist, Raleigh News & Observer

Ari Berman

Self - Journalist, Mother Jones

Jeff Jackson

Self - Democratic Sate Senator, North Carolina

Carter Wrenn

Self - Republican Strategist

Kathay Feng

Self - Executive Director, California Common Cause

Justin Levitt

Self - Law Professor, Loyola University

Joe Spaulding

Self - Field Director, 'Voters Not Politicians'

Peter Earle

Self - Attorney

John Sylvester

Self - Radio Host, Madison

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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14 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
73
88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Apr 2, 2020
Slay the Dragon is an incisively made and morally suspenseful film, at once chilling and stirring.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 3, 2020
Slay the Dragon isn’t a glorified PowerPoint presentation about the history of voting. It’s an unabashed activist documentary aimed at convincing viewers they can fight gerrymandering in their home states.
By Alissa Wilkinson FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 2, 2020
A compelling and instructive look at the political practice of gerrymandering. It’s also an infuriating watch on several levels, which is entirely the point of this call-to-action portrait.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 2, 2020
May not be the most heartening portrait of our political system. But it’s a vital one and it provides reasons for optimism, too.
By Jake Coyle FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 1, 2020
A fascinating, frequently angry and occasionally darkly funny documentary.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 9, 2020
The film is suitably direct, clear-eyed, and exhaustive in documenting the massive impacts that gerrymandering has, particularly on communities of color.
By Derek Smith FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 31, 2020
Slaying The Dragon is meant as an urgent call to action ahead of this year’s elections, and it is here that it really falters.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Apr 3, 2020
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline End Gerrymandering or Democracy Dies. We Can Stop It.
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Awards

Philadelphia Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Traverse City Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination

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