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New York is becoming more like Kansas
In the election for the 23rd District in upper New York State, Democrat, Bill Owens narrowly defeated Conservative Party candidate, Douglas L. Hoffman. But that isn’t the real story.
What’s interesting is that the Republican nominee, Dede Scozzafava, a moderate, withdrew from the race under pressure from leading conservative activists like Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. [...]
Operation Rescue: “We’re not dead yet”
Defiant as ever, Wichita-based Pro-Life activists Operation Rescue proclaim they’ve recovered from its financial crisis earlier this year. Presumably donations plunged after intense public backlash against the murder of Dr. George Tiller back in May – despite the groups clear repudiation of the accused killer, Scott Roeder. From their press release:
Recently, the Associated Press, along [...]
Video: director Joe Winston on The Interview Show
A few weeks back, Joe had the great pleasure of sitting for a chat with Mark Bazer, the witty and talented host of The Interview Show, a monthly talk show which tapes at the Hideout in Chicago.
As good as the video is, it was much more fun to see the show live. Talkshow + [...]
Can liberals and conservatives enjoy the same movie?
Our film adaptation of Thomas Frank’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” raises eyebrows with some fans of the book, because it does not set out to explain the whole argument Frank makes about why social conservatives overwhelmingly vote Republican (even last fall, in the face of economic disaster.)
Some fine Oklahoma hospitality
So Joe and Tom have returned from Oklahoma and unpacked our bags, after a very rewarding visit (at this point, Laura is too pregnant for travel.) Neither of us had ever been to Oklahoma before, and Steve Hunt and David Glover, the activists who got the ball rolling, made sure we had everything we needed. [...]
A refreshing breeze
The Oklahoman shows some appreciation for the evenhanded tone of our movie:
Joe Winston’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” explores how real people live, work, think and vote in Oklahoma’s neighbor to the north. While it addresses clearly the fractures in Kansas’ body politic, it is the rare political documentary in which no one is labeled [...]
Bella Online weighs in
Bella Online, “The Voice of Women” attended our New York premiere screening, and has filed a dispatch praising the movie and reflecting on the conversation it generated that night at Lincoln Center.
Here’s an excerpt:
I saw the film at its Lincoln Center Film Society screening in New York. The filmmakers were there, and they reported that [...]
A New York state of mind
So we’re in New York for a few days for our World Premiere screening tonight at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Even before the screening, we’re getting a taste of New Yorker’s reactions to “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”.
James van Maanan ruminates on the film on his blog, Trustmovies. What he saw in our movie [...]
The more things change…
A new religious right organization is emerging from the tattered remains of groups like the Christian Coalition and Moral Majority. This organization — calling itself the Freedom Federation — purports to have a kinder, gentler face than its predecessors, which all too often came across like the Blue Meanies. But the group’s agenda is anything [...]
The next generation
Okay, so everyone’s been impressed by now by how much Obama inspired youthful activism in the 2008 election cycle. In making our movie, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” we spent a fair amount of time with young conservative activists who were equally impressive. So check out this kid at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference [...]
Who cares What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Obama’s President now, so who cares about the conservatives? Haven’t they now “lost” the heart of America? Shouldn’t we just move on?
Well, the election was not a landslide, nor did it redraw the electoral map. Plenty of working-class whites voted for McCain. And those pesky “wedge” issues are not going away. Mainly what happened was [...]