Our friends Annabel Park and Eric Byler are up to no good LOTS of good again! 🙂
Shocking New Footage of the Polling Place Ordeal of the most African-American District in Virginia’s Prince William County
Video is part of new Web Series and Documentary Examining the Deep Divisions in the American Electorate: “Story of America: A Nation Divided”
Washington, DC – Producers of a new web series called “Story of America: A Nation Divided” released today shocking new polling place footage from River Oaks Precinct, the most African American precinct in Virginia’s Prince William County. Filmed in the waning hours of the 2012 Presidential election on November 6, 2012 at Potomac Middle School, the video captures footage and commentary from voters who spent hours in lines with the last vote coming in at 10:45pm, nearly four hours after the polls officially closed.
According to Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi, Virginia law requires that one voting machine be assigned per 750 registered voters. By contrast, Maryland law requires one voting machine per 200 registered voters. This polling place did not appear to adhere to Virginia’s law, with only six voting machines and over 5,000 registered voters.
Story of America: A Nation Divided is a web series produced by Annabel Park that engages Americans from across the country in a dialogue about the deep divisions that exist in America today and how we can bridge them to achieve greater unity, democracy and prosperity as a nation.
Americans are invited to log on to learn more (http://www.storyofamerica.org) and to share their stories of what it means to be an American today and find solutions to how we can heal the divide in our country. On instagram and twitter, posters should use #thisismystory.
In the coming weeks and months, the project will explore the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and its relationship to rising economic inequality, the deepening divisions between red states and blue states and between rural and urban regions, and, the fragmentation of America across racial, political and cultural lines. The project will eventually be edited into a feature-length documentary.
About Annabel Park
Story of America is a project of the acclaimed documentary filmmaker and political activist Annabel Park. Ms. Park studied Philosophy at Boston University and Political Theory at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. She is a co-founder of the Coffee Party USA, a grassroots, non-partisan movement that aims to restore the principles and spirit of democracy in America. Her previous work includes “9500 Liberty”, an award-winning documentary web series and film that chronicled the eight weeks in American history when the Arizona immigration crackdown was in effect. Produced in partnership with a team of filmmakers including Eric Byler, “9500 Liberty” is the winner of four film festival awards. It was released theatrically in more than 30 cities and picked up by MTV Networks for a Sept. 26, 2010 cable premiere.
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