Election 2016: The War Room

Election 2016: A three-part doc series on what's at stake and who's at play this November.

For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, renowned cinema verité filmmakers Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker captured the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton’s crack team of consultants—especially James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, who became media stars in their own right as they injected a savvy, youthful spirit and spontaneity into the process of campaigning. Fleet-footed and entertaining, The War Room is a vivid document of a political moment whose truths (“It’s the economy, stupid!”) still ring in our ears.

Includes a post-screening Q&A with Alison Smith, former CBC Washington Correspondent and instructor of our Curious Minds morning lecture series America Votes: Making Sense of the US Presidential Election.

Critical praise:

• Entertainment Weekly - “A live-wire backstage view of the Bill Clinton presidential campaign.”
• The New York Times - “A revealing film and an invaluable document.”
• rogerebert.com - 3.5/4 stars
• Screen Anarchy - “A testament to the supreme skills of Hegedus and Pennebaker.”