Directed by Eric Stange • Documentary • With Vikiana Petit-Home, Manuel Oliver, Gerald D. Givens, Jr., Eric Liu, Gail Weinstein, Elizabeth Cavazos, Keith Sellars, Daphne Frias and Aylett Colston • 2019 • 38 minutes
Activized follows the stories of ordinary Americans who, for the first time in their lives, have left their comfort zones and become involved in gun violence prevention, voting rights and immigrants’ rights. Interweaving their personal stories against the backdrop of the causes they fight for, we experience their motivations, successes and failures, their sacrifices, and victories. Above all, we celebrate these inspiring, courageous citizens for embracing one of the most basic of American traditions – dissent.
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