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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Name: Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Director: Michael Kasino
Released: 2019
Duration: 79 min

Representation Score

8.6/10

Excellent

2019

Director

Michael Kasino

Runtime

79 minutes

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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook serves as a broad critique of institutional power. It shifts away from individual character studies to explore how systemic political structures can be used to marginalize specific groups. The film's strength lies in its examination of how legislative frameworks, such as voter purging and registration barriers, affect diverse populations. By revealing the mechanics of exclusion, it offers a critical perspective on the false narratives justifying voting restrictions. However, the documentary lacks specific visibility regarding individual identities. While it addresses systemic inequity, it does not provide focused representation for LGBTQ+ individuals or people with disabilities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The documentary does not specifically address LGBTQ+ identities or orientation-based stories.

How does Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook portray gender?

Fair

The film looks at strict voting rules and registration obstacles. It highlights efforts to dismantle power hierarchies, which challenges the advantages of dominant groups.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook?

Excellent

The movie focuses on voter suppression and the disenfranchisement of underrepresented communities. It explores how purging citizens affects non-dominant racial and ethnic groups disproportionately.

How does Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film criticizes Western democratic systems and traditional political institutions. It breaks down established norms by showing how systemic power can be used for oppression.

Does Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook include disability representation?

Fair

The investigative focus does not include specific depictions of neurodivergence or physical disabilities. The subject matter remains centered on political and legislative frameworks.

Present on Screen

Offers a thorough critique of how political institutions can marginalize diverse populations.
Highlights the disproportionate impact of voter suppression on racial and ethnic communities.
Challenges traditional Western political narratives by exposing institutional corruption.

Limited or Absent

Does not offer specific representation or narrative focus regarding LGBTQ+ identities.
Provides no visible evidence of neurodivergent or physical disability perspectives.
Focuses on macro-level policy rather than individual, diverse character arcs.

Official Synopsis

"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.

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