LET MY PEOPLE VOTE MOVIE
Acclaimed film director Gilda Ann Brasch talks with Big Blend Radio about “Let My People Vote,” the 2018 award-winning short documentary exposing the harsh voter suppression laws that prohibit 6.1 million Americans from voting. Featured music on this episode is ‘We Are the Many’ by Makana.
While media pundits and other experts debate the impact Russia had on the 2016 election, a riveting short documentary exposing the harsh voter suppression laws that prohibit 6.1 million Americans from voting, the award-winning short film “Let My People Vote,” is fast becoming a rallying call for youth to participate in the midterm elections.
“Let My People Vote” follows voting rights activist, Desmond Meade, as he mobilizes his team to help get Tampa residents to the polls. Meade discovers that a senior citizen they encouraged to go vote is unable to cast a ballot due to a suspended license violation from 1993. This situation struck home with Meade. He’s an ex-felon whose right to vote has not been restored even though he turned his life around many years ago.
Although he can’t vote, Meade still participates in the process. As president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition he worked in partnership with the ACLU to gather more than one million signatures to place Amendment 4, the Second Chances Voting Restoration Amendment, on the ballot this November.
During the midterm election cycle the filmmakers are working with partner organizations to host screenings paired with panel discussions designed to bring awareness to voter suppression and educate voters on Florida’s Amendment 4.
“Let My People Vote” was directed by Gilda Ann Brasch of Los Angeles-based VUSI Filmworks. An award-winning producer and director, Brasch tells tales of underdog heroes. She helped produce and direct Oprah Winfrey’s ABC primetime special, “Building A Dream,” the acclaimed documentary on The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa. Most recently Brasch executive produced five seasons of VH1’s hit franchise “Love & Hip Hop.” Inspired after meeting Nelson Mandela in South Africa, and filming in his prison cell of 27 years, Brasch founded VUSI Filmworks with a focus on filmmaking for social change.
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