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More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most extensive pieces of civil rights legislation, people of color across the United States still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote. This short documentary directed by Dawn Porter follows one dynamic woman working tirelessly on the ground and in the courts to ensure that they are not denied this right.

The film follows attorney Donita Judge, an advocate for voting rights, on Election Day 2016, as she troubleshoots claims of voting irregularities in Columbus, Ohio. In recent years, no president has ever won national office without winning Ohio, making it a crucial swing state. As Judge crisscrosses the city to support poll workers and citizens, we see how new voting restrictions such as ID laws affect the ability of people on the ground to vote.

The film was funded by a grant from Glassbreaker Films and the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation.

Voting Matters is available on Amazon Prime Video and will be broadcast on these public television stations:

STATE MARKET STATION AIR TIME
California Los Angeles, CA KCET 11/2 @ 7:30PM
11/4 @ 6:30PM
California Los Angeles, CA KCET Link 11/3 @ 1:30PM
11/6 @ 11:30AM
California Los Angeles/San Bernadino KVCR 10/31 @ 11:30PM
California San Francisco Bay Area KQED 11/5 @ 11PM
11/6 @ 5AM
California Cotati/SF/San Mateo, CA KRCB/KCSM 11/5 @ 7PM
Florida Cocoa, FL WEFS 11/5 @ 8:30PM
Indiana Indianapolis, IN WFYI 11/4 @4PM on WFYI 1
11/6 @ 5AM on WFYI 1
11/3, 8PM on WFYI 3
Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Statewide 11/3 @ 12AM
Kentucky Paducah-Cape Girad WKMU 11/2 @ 11PM
Michigan Allendale, MI WGVU 11/4 at 9:30PM
Michigan Grand Rapids WCVK 11/4 @ 9:30PM
New Mexico Portales, NM KENW 11/1 @ 8:30PM
11/5 @ 3:30PM
11/6 @ 8:30PM on KENW 2
11/1 @ 9:30PM on KENW 3
11/2 @ 1:30AM on KENW 3
New York/New Jersey New York/New Jersey WLIW 11/2 @ 4:30AM
New York/New Jersey New York/New Jersey WNYE 11/5 @ 7PM
North Carolina Greenville-Spartan WRET 10/30 @8:30AM
Ohio Cincinnati, OH WCET 11/3 @ 12AM
Ohio Toledo WGTE 11/4 @ 6:30AM
Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA WITF 10/26 at 8:30PM
10/28 at 5PM
South Carolina South Carolina Statewide SCE-TV 10/30 @ 8:30AM
Tennessee Nashville, TN WNPT 10/30 @ 7:30 PM on NP
11/2 @ 7:30AM on NPT-
11/2 @ 12:30PM
Tennessee Memphis, TN WKNO 11/2 @ 11:30PM
11/3 @ 3:30AM
Tennessee Knoxville, TN WETP 11/4 @ 6:30PM
Texas San Antonio, TX KLRN 11/4 @ 3:30PM
11/5 @ 8:30PM on KLRN
Texas Austin, TX KLRU 11/5 @ 11PM
Utah Salt Lake City, UT KUEN 11/1 @ 8PM
Washington Spokane, WA KSPS 11/1 @ 7PM

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