Screening

About Represent

Rating:

Not rated Not rated

Year Released:

2020

Format:

Virtual

Closed captioning:

Closed captioned

Genres:

Documentary

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Directed by Hillary Bachelder

In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on the status quo in campaigns that promise to reshape local politics on their own terms. Equal parts personal and political, Represent follows three women on both sides of the aisle who share the singular goal of improving their community through public service. Myya attempts to spark a youth movement and unseat the incumbent mayor of Detroit; Bryn, a farmer and working mother in Granville, OH, runs for township trustee; and Julie walks a tightrope between her identities as a Korean immigrant and Republican candidate for State Representative in a liberal Chicago suburb. Through the nuances of local politics, Represent scrutinizes the systems that have failed historically underrepresented candidates, and bears witness to unseen leaders striving at the heart of our “smallest” elections.