Knock Down The House | Documentary Screening

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Join us for a screening of Knock Down The House - the story of four women taking on American politics. Hosted by BBC journalist <A HREF="https://twitter.com/CatrinNye" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Catrin Nye</A> at Newspeak House in Shoreditch, this event has been put together by <A HREF="https://webrootsdemocracy.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WebRoots Democracy</A> and Unicef’s <A HREF="https://nextgenlondon.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Next Gen London</A>.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Amy Vilela, one of the four politicians featured in the film.
Entry is free of charge. Spaces, however, are limited and you will need to be on the guestlist in order to attend.
About the film
When tragedy struck her family in the midst of the financial crisis, Bronx-born Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had to work double shifts in a restaurant to save her home from foreclosure. After losing a loved one to a preventable medical condition, Amy Vilela didn’t know what to do with the anger she felt about America’s broken health care system. Cori Bush was drawn into the streets when the police shooting of an unarmed black man brought protests and tanks into her neighborhood. Paula Jean Swearengin was fed up with watching her friends and family suffer and die from the environmental effects of the coal industry.
At a moment of historic volatility in American politics, these four women decide to fight back, setting themselves on a journey that will change their lives and their country forever. Without political experience or corporate money, they build a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Their efforts result in a legendary upset.

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