In new film ‘Slay the Dragon,’ the villain is gerrymandering by realchriswilson
“Dragon” lays out how the drawing of hyperpartisan legislative maps in the wake of the 2010 midterms has led to legislatures across the country where members are no longer accountable to their full districts; the only threat to incumbents comes from primaries, usually by the most extreme members of their own parties.
The film follows multiple tracks, but the most prominent involves a ballot initiative in Michigan begun by then-27-year-old political novice Katie Fahey, one of the founders of the Voters Not Politicians group.
While Republicans have mounted the most aggressive and successful efforts over the last decade, Durrance said they found instances on both sides. Perhaps “Dragon”’s greatest accomplishment is making process-heavy political maneuvering interesting, adding drama to everything from the collecting of signatures to the recovery of deleted spreadsheets. Durrance said it wasn’t difficult, comparing the subject of the film to following along with a “whodunit” and “detective story” as anti-gerrymandering activists attempted to track down documents to make their case.
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