NYC Premiere! As the world looks on, the early months of 2025 continue to stress-test the American democratic ideal. Laura Nix’s zeitgeist-shaking new film, DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE, digs deep into the details beneath our assumptions of a bedrock foundation to uncover some unsettling facts. Among those profiled are Ann Telnaes, former long-time editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post, who resigned this past January when an editorial submission she submitted, commenting on The Post’s owner Jeff Bezos’s submissive attitude to president-elect Trump, was censored. Nix (who directed DOC NYC 2014’s closing night film, THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING) has made a bombshell film that is the equivalent of smelling salts under the noses of an engaged global citizenry.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Laura Nix and former Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes
Part of DOC NYC Selects: Winter 2025
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