Knock Down the House (2019)1h26
Documentary
Director Rachel Lears
Also directed The Hand That Feeds, To the End, Birds of Passage
In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.
Where to watch
- Netflix
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Cast
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Cori Bush- Paula Jean Swearingen
- Amy Vilela
Joe Crowley
Ilhan Omar
Joe Manchin III
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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
