Democracy for Sale

Granatstein, Solly, (filmmaker). Read, Lucian, (filmmaker). Rowley, Richard, (filmmaker). Divided Films (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: North Carolina — perhaps more than any other state in the Union — has been transformed by the new and growing tidal wave of political spending. Zach Galifianakis, the comic star of “The Hangover” movies, travels back to his home state to investigate how North Carolina has become a bellwether for how the money of a few has come to dominate our democracy. Galifianakis investigates allegations that the current state government was put in power by moneyed interests and has thus carried out a program that only benefits its backers: cuts to education, healthcare spending and environmental protection; lowering of taxes for the wealthy and corporations; and the passage of laws designed to roll back access to the ballot.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
remote
Publisher: Divided Films, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Zach Galifianakis
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Divided Films in 2016.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language Note:	In English