Feed: A Comedy About Running for President
Democracy and Its Discontents
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1h 15m
Directed by Kevin Rafferty & James Ridgeway • Documentary • 1992 • 76 minutes
Using intercepted satellite feeds and footage of unsuspecting candidates shot during the 1992 presidential primaries, Feed presents the wild, wacky world of American politics.
Watch Hillary Clinton navigate her first presidential campaign (i.e. her husband's), Jerry Brown snort nose inhalers, Ross Perot talk dirty, Pat Buchanan get mad, and Bill Clinton sidestep Gennifer Flowers! Also featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Bush, Bob Kerry, Tom Harkin & San Donaldson.
From the filmmakers of The Atomic Cafe and Blood in the Face.
"Laugh-out-loud funny! An indispensable look at the twisted marriage of media & politics. VOTE FEED!" - Rolling Stone
"Thoroughly bizarre!" - New York Times
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