
Citizen Koch
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Directed by | Tia Lessin and Carl Deal |
Produced by | Gillian Caldwell, Carl Deal, Tia Lessin |
In this searing expose on the state of our democracy and the fracturing of the Republican Party, Academy Award®-nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin examine the impact of the Citizen’s United decision, which unleashed a torrent of of unlimited, anonymous political spending by corporations and billionaires that changed our democracy. But in America’s heartland, the filmmakers uncover an unexpected story: Lifelong Republicans standing up to the outsized influence of big money in Wisconsin.
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