Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Year: 2002

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Perez

Review

a short documentary with 40 minutes of extra interviews that i would have liked included in the film. i suppose that keeping it short is the better choice for schools or tv, so i understand. gives a very straightforward and pretty well balanced account of the events surrounding the 2000 election…specifically what happened in florida. it’s a great opportunity for anyone who hasn’t been given a clear picture of what happened…and i suspect that that’s about 90% of the population. having read two michael moore books since the election, most of the al franken book, listening to lots of npr, and having a general interest in politics i knew about roughly 80% of the major information presented here. so chances are that this movie will deepen just about everybody’s understanding of the florida debacle. i highly recommend this to anyone who plans on ever commenting on george bush, miscarriages of justice in general, american politics, racial affairs in america, or investigative journalism. commenting on those things while being ignorant of the matters this film discuses would be unfortunate. you wouldn’t want to hear me commenting on the monetary policy of brazil because i don’t know anything about it, so get informed so you can have a more full picture of what it is you’re talking about.