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Knock Down The House
''Knock Down the House'' is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Rachel Lears. It revolves around the 2018 congressional primary campaigns of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearengin, four progressive Democrats endorsed by Justice Democrats and Brand New Congress who ran in that year's midterm elections. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019. It was released on May 1, 2019, by Netflix and received acclaim from critics. Synopsis The film follows four female Democrats who decided to run for Congress in the 2018 United States elections: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Amy Vilela of Nevada, Cori Bush of Missouri, and Paula Jean Swearengin of West Virginia. The film charts their campaigns in their respective Democratic primaries. The four candidates each run grassroots campaigns against long-time incumbents. Vilela, Bush, and Swearengin lost their primary elections, but Ocasio-Cort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Lears
Rachel Lears is an American independent documentary filmmaker. She is the director of ''Knock Down the House'' (2019), a documentary film about four women running for Congress in the 2018 midterms, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2019 and was sold to Netflix for $10 million, releasing on May 1, 2019. Her other documentaries include '' The Hand That Feeds'' (2014), about undocumented immigrant workers in a labor dispute with owners at a Manhattan bakery café, and '' To the End'' (2022), about climate change. Life and education Lears graduated from Yale University in 1999, with a BA in Music before earning an MA in Ethnomusicology, an Advanced Certificate in Culture and Media, and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from New York University. Her doctoral dissertation, titled ''Between Two Monsters: Popular Music, Visual Media, and the Rise of Global Indie in 21st Century Uruguay'' and published in 2012, focuses on the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Sundance Film Festival
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 24 to February 3, 2019. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 28, 2018. Films U.S. Dramatic Competition * '' Before You Know It'' by Hannah Pearl Utt * '' Big Time Adolescence'' by Jason Orley * '' Blush'' by Debra Eisenstadt festival titled Imaginary Order * ''Brittany Runs a Marathon'' by Paul Downs Colaizzo * ''Clemency'' by Chinonye Chukwu * '' The Farewell'' by Lulu Wang * '' Hala'' by Minhal Baig * '' Honey Boy'' by Alma Har'el * '' The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' by Joe Talbot * ''Luce'' by Julius Onah * '' Ms. Purple'' by Justin Chon * '' Native Son'' by Rashid Johnson * '' Share'' by Pippa Bianco * ''The Sound of Silence'' by Michael Tyburski * '' Them That Follow'' by Britt Poulton and Dan Savage * '' To the Stars'' by Martha Stephens U.S. Documentary Competition * ''Always in Season'' by Jacqueline Olive * '' American Factory'' by Steven Bognar and Julia Reich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter, PBC is an American Benefit corporation, public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, in which artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's National Endowment for the Arts, NEA". ''Time (magazine), Time'' named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Fair (magazine)
''Vanity Fair'' is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States. The first version of ''Vanity Fair'' was published from 1913 to 1936. The imprint was revived in 1983 after Conde Nast took over the magazine company. Vanity Fair currently includes five international editions of the magazine. The five international editions of the magazine are the United Kingdom (since 1991), Italy (since 2003), Spain (since 2008), France (since 2013), and Mexico (since 2015). History ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' Condé Montrose Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine ''Dress'' in 1913. He renamed the magazine ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' and published four issues in 1913. It continued to thrive into the 1920s. However, it became a casualty of the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues. Nonetheless, its circulation at 90,000 copies was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 United States Presidential Election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 2016. The Republican Party (United States), Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor, Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former United States Secretary of State, secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Virginia junior senator Tim Kaine, in what was considered one of the biggest political Upset (competition), upsets in American history. It was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote, winning candidate lost the popular vote. Incumbent Democratic president Barack Obama was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the term limits established by the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Clinton secured the nomination over U.S. senator Bernie Sanders in 2016 Democratic Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 United States Senate Election In West Virginia
The 2018 United States Senate election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with 2018 United States Senate elections, other elections to the United States Senate, 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various 2018 United States elections#State elections, state and 2018 United States elections#Local elections, local elections. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Senator Joe Manchin won re-election to a second full term against Republican Party (United States), Republican Patrick Morrisey, who at the time of the 2018 elections had been West Virginia's State Attorney General since 2013. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state won by Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 presidential election. Morrisey conceded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada's 4th Congressional District
Nevada's 4th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States census. Located in the central portion of the state, it includes most of northern Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, southern Lyon County, Nevada, Lyon County, most of Lincoln County, Nevada, Lincoln County, a sliver of Churchill County, Nevada, Churchill County and all of Esmeralda County, Esmeralda, Mineral County, Nevada, Mineral, and Nye County, Nevada, Nye counties. Although the district appears rural, over 80% of its population lives in the heavily Democratic northern portion of Clark County. As a result, the district leans Democratic. The district has flipped between Democratic and Republican representation since it was created. Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Steven Horsford won the election for this seat in the United States House of Representatives elections, 2012, 2012 House elections. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York's 14th Congressional District
New York's 14th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, represented by United States Democratic Party, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The district includes the eastern part of The Bronx and part of north-central Queens. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, Queens, Astoria, College Point, Queens, College Point, Corona, Queens, Corona, East Elmhurst, Queens, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Queens, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Queens, Jackson Heights, and Woodside, Queens, Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of City Island, Bronx, City Island, Country Club, Bronx, Country Club, Van Nest, Bronx, Van Nest, Morris Park, Bronx, Morris Park, Parkchester, Bronx, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, Bronx, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, Bronx, Schuylerville, and Throgs Neck, Bronx, Throggs Neck. The Bronx section of the distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 United States Senate Election In West Virginia
The 2020 United States Senate election in West Virginia was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent senator Shelley Moore Capito won a second term against Democrat Paula Jean Swearengin by a margin of 43.3%, winning every county, and becoming the first West Virginia Republican to win reelection to the U.S. Senate since 1907. Swearengin's 27% of the vote was the lowest vote percentage and worst margin of defeat for any Democratic Senate candidate in West Virginia history. Republican primary Candidates Nominee *Shelley Moore Capito, incumbent U.S. Senator Eliminated in primary *Larry Butcher, farmer *Allen Whitt, president of the West Virginia Family Policy Council Endors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 1st Congressional District
Missouri's 1st congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes all of St. Louis, St. Louis City and much of northern St Louis County, Missouri, St. Louis County, including the cities of Maryland Heights, Missouri, Maryland Heights, University City, Missouri, University City, Ferguson, Missouri, Ferguson and Florissant, Missouri, Florissant. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+29, it is the most Democratic district in Missouri. Roughly half of the district's population is African American. Its current representative is Democrat Wesley Bell, who was first elected in 2024. Lacy Clay, William Lacy Clay, Jr., had previously represented the district between 2001 and 2021, succeeding his father, Bill Clay, William Lacy Clay, Sr. Recent election results from statewide races Composition For the 118th United States Congress, 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 United States census, 2020 census), the distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 New York's 14th Congressional District Election
The 2018 New York's 14th congressional district election was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The primaries for 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, New York's federal elections were held earlier in the year on June 26. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated incumbent congressman Joe Crowley in the primary, and went on to defeat Republican Party (United States), Republican opponent Anthony Pappas in the general election. As a political newcomer, Ocasio-Cortez was not expected to defeat Crowley in the primary election. As the results were tabulated, the race drew national recognition when it became clear that Ocasio-Cortez would win over Crowley, the Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, Democratic Caucus Chairman and a 10-term incumbent. Ocasio-Cortez began her campaign in April 2017 while waiting tables and tending bar at Flats Fix, a Taco stand, taqueria in New York City's Union Square, Manhattan, Union Square. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primary Elections
Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open primary", in which all voters are eligible to participate, or a "closed primary", in which only members of a political party can vote. Less common are nonpartisan primaries in which all candidates run regardless of party. The origins of primary elections can be traced to the Progressivism in the United States, progressive movement in the United States, which aimed to take the power of candidate nomination from party leaders to the people. However, political parties control the method of nomination of candidates for office in the name of the party. Other methods of selecting candidates include Caucus, caucuses, internal selection by a party body such as a Political convention, convention or party congress, direct nomination by the party leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
