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No Umbrella: Election Day in the City


A documentary film on the 2004 Ohio election fiasco, "NO UMBRELLA - ELECTION DAY IN THE CITY" [1] by Laura Paglin, is coming out soon. Go to NoUmbrella.org for updates on the release.

View a clip from the No Umbrella website (Quicktime) [2]

Nothing hits you in the gut like the in-your-face look at voter disenfranchisement detailed in Paglin's internationally-celebrated film "NO UMBRELLA". A crowd-pleaser at this year's Sundance Film Festival, "NO UMBRELLA" also took an Audience Award at the just-completed Sydney Film Festival and was named "Best Short Film" at the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. This 26-minute blockbuster exposes the lack of voting machines, the endless lines, the interminable waiting, and mounting anger and frustration of African-American voters in one of Ohio's poorest neighborhoods -- and the heroic efforts of the area's irrepressible octogenarian councilwoman to put things right.

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[1] http://www.noumbrella.org
[2] http://www.noumbrella.org/press/clips/clips/noumbrella1.mov