DOCUMENTARY SHOT IN JACKSONVILLE — 'POST OBAMA DRAMA' — TO AIR TONIGHT ON WJCT AND OTHER PBS STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
DOCUMENTARY SHOT IN JACKSONVILLE — 'POST OBAMA DRAMA' — TO AIR TONIGHT ON WJCT AND OTHER PBS STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
Attorney and political consultant Obi Umunna, Esq.,
Pastor Jeffrey Dove and organizer Jamarien Moore were featured in the
'Postcards from the Great Divide' series, produced by the Washington Post and PBS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 10, 2016 — Three Jacksonville residents are featured in the documentary short film "Post Obama Drama," launched by the Washington Post and PBS and directed by Cyndee Readdean and Deborah Hardt.
The film is scheduled to air tonight — 6 and 9 p.m. Monday, October 10 — on WJCT TV locally and on other PBS stations around the country.
WJCT will air the episode on Channel 7.3 and Comcast 211.
Local attorney and political consultant Nwabufo "Obi" Umunna, Esq., Pastor Jeffrey Dove of Allen Chapel AME Church and community organizer Jamarien Moore are featured in the film, which is part of a nine-film series "Postcards from the Great Divide."
"Hillary [Clinton] has made an emphasis on highlighting people of color during her convention," Umunna said. "The first day of the convention had nearly as many people of color [11] as the entire Republican National Convention. And she understands the importance of Florida, which is why the current mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, spoke on Wednesday."
Umunna talked about Florida's significance for the documentary filmmakers as well.
"I think Florida is always going to be a swing state," Umunna said in the film. "George [W.] Bush won Duval County by 60,000 votes. Four years later, Obama only lost it by 9,000 votes. African-American voters came out in force."
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post writes that the fourth installment in this series "raises a provocative question: What if African Americans across the board simply don't vote in large numbers for either [Donald] Trump or Hillary Clinton this fall?"
The film follows Umunna, Pastor Dove and Moore in an examination of this critical region of Florida in the 2016 Presidential Election.
"There's a joke: Black people don't want to time travel. We're good right where we're at," Umunna says in the film after someone refers to Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again."
"In 2008 and 2012 African-Americans in Florida turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama even when voting hours and registration rules were tightened," according to the film's synopsis. "The film examines what are the challenges among the black electorate that the Democratic candidate in 2016 will face in this must-win state? To find out, we visit a number of African-Americans in the city, from a black chamber of commerce meeting, to a picnic of friends, and ending at a lively black heritage celebration."
"Jacksonville is going to be again center stage come November, because this election will be won by the hair of our chinny chin chin," Pastor Love says in the film.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 10, 2016 — Three Jacksonville residents are featured in the documentary short film "Post Obama Drama," launched by the Washington Post and PBS and directed by Cyndee Readdean and Deborah Hardt.
The film is scheduled to air tonight — 6 and 9 p.m. Monday, October 10 — on WJCT TV locally and on other PBS stations around the country.
WJCT will air the episode on Channel 7.3 and Comcast 211.
Local attorney and political consultant Nwabufo "Obi" Umunna, Esq., Pastor Jeffrey Dove of Allen Chapel AME Church and community organizer Jamarien Moore are featured in the film, which is part of a nine-film series "Postcards from the Great Divide."
"Hillary [Clinton] has made an emphasis on highlighting people of color during her convention," Umunna said. "The first day of the convention had nearly as many people of color [11] as the entire Republican National Convention. And she understands the importance of Florida, which is why the current mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, spoke on Wednesday."
Umunna talked about Florida's significance for the documentary filmmakers as well.
"I think Florida is always going to be a swing state," Umunna said in the film. "George [W.] Bush won Duval County by 60,000 votes. Four years later, Obama only lost it by 9,000 votes. African-American voters came out in force."
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post writes that the fourth installment in this series "raises a provocative question: What if African Americans across the board simply don't vote in large numbers for either [Donald] Trump or Hillary Clinton this fall?"
The film follows Umunna, Pastor Dove and Moore in an examination of this critical region of Florida in the 2016 Presidential Election.
"There's a joke: Black people don't want to time travel. We're good right where we're at," Umunna says in the film after someone refers to Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again."
"In 2008 and 2012 African-Americans in Florida turned out in record numbers for Barack Obama even when voting hours and registration rules were tightened," according to the film's synopsis. "The film examines what are the challenges among the black electorate that the Democratic candidate in 2016 will face in this must-win state? To find out, we visit a number of African-Americans in the city, from a black chamber of commerce meeting, to a picnic of friends, and ending at a lively black heritage celebration."
"Jacksonville is going to be again center stage come November, because this election will be won by the hair of our chinny chin chin," Pastor Love says in the film.