Stacey Abrams Documentary All In Tackles Voting Rights Trailer

Here’s the official synopsis: “In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, ‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States. The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know are threats to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.”

“If the power of the right to vote was truly made available to everyone in America, it would change the future of this nation,” Abrams says in the dramatic opening moments of the trailer. It then pivots to an interview with voters enduring five-hour waits, as talking heads rattle off various voter suppression tactics: Gerrymandering, voter purging, “use it or lose it” laws. It’s no surprise that Abrams has made voter suppression a key issue. As she states in the trailer, her headline-grabbing 2018 gubernatorial bid against Georgia governor Brian Kemp was directly impacted by voter suppression. “I knew something had gone horribly wrong,” she says. “The system that is supposed to protect our democracy didn’t work the way it was supposed to.” Garbus is a two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker: She directed and produced the 2015 Nina Simone biography “What Happened, Miss Simone?”, as well as 1998’s “The Farm: Angola, USA.” Cortés recently made her feature directorial debut with “The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion” after producing many films including “Precious” and “The Apollo.”