10.01.2004
Democracy
In the fall of 2004, the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection again joins the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the Center for Humanities and Arts, and the George Foster Peabody Awards to present "Democracy," a special series of screenings featuring programs from the Peabody Awards Collection.
The screenings will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 in the Seney-Stovall Chapel at 201 North Milledge Avenue.
Each screening will be followed by a discussion led by an expert in the field of political science.
These events are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
photo from Insight Magazine
Who Counts? Election Reform in America
Who Counts? Election Reform in America highlights a significant news story: the presidential election of 2000 and its implications for future elections and the need for election reform. This one-hour PBS special program combines humor with serious journalism in a unique hybrid that draws attention to dull-sounding but crucial policy and civil rights issues like machine accuracy, role conflicts, and ballot wording and serves as a catalyst to bring more people into our democratic process.
Who Counts? goes behind the scenes as Florida voters and key players in the state’s recount recall their experiences. Expert journalists, academics, comedians and politicians analyze this unprecedented political event and the need for election reform. And all along, Saturday Night Live’s Darrell Hammond puts in his two cents while playing the characters he’s best known for, including Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Bill Clinton. CNN’s former Washington Bureau Chief, Frank Sesno, joins Hammond in this humorous and factual one-hour special. Who Counts? shines a light on a complex and yet essential issue, and uses humor to help us look ahead to a future when everyone’s vote will count equally and be counted efficiently.
2002 Peabody Awards Nominee, 2002149 DCT.
Originally broadcast October 17, 2002 on PBS.
Our discussant for Who Counts? is Alison Bracewell McCullick. Ms. McCullick joined the staff of Secretary of State Cathy Cox in August 1999 as Special Projects Coordinator, managing a number of agency-wide programs, including civic education, art policy, and legislative initiatives. In May 2002, she was named the Statewide Voter Education Coordinator and has presented numerous public demonstrations of the new touch screen voting equipment across the state of Georgia. She graduated from Furman University in 1995 with a Bachelors of Art degree and received her Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis in Public Policy in 1999 from the University of Georgia.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
The West Wing: Mr. Willis of Ohio
In this episode of the two-time Peabody Award-winning series about the American presidency, a fill-in congressman and a White House press secretary grapple with the complex issues surrounding the national census. Absent the standard, formulaic jeopardy or action elements that drive most network dramas, The West Wing draws its strength from the substantive issues of the day. Inevitable political realities and staff infighting make The West Wing primarily a show about ideas, ideals and the perils of same. Stars Martin Sheen as Jed Bartlett, Allison Janney as C.J., Moira Kelly as Mandy and Rob Lowe as Sam.
Photo from NBC.
1999 Peabody Award winner, 99172 ENT.
This episode originally broadcast on November 3, 1999.
Our discussant for Mr. Willis of Ohio is Dr. Charles S. Bullock III, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science in the University of Georgia's School of Public & International Affairs. Dr. Bullock's research focuses on areas of Southern politics, legislative politics, elections and electoral systems. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles, including The new politics of the old South (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), Runoff elections in the United States (UNC, 1992) and David Duke and the politics of race in the South (Vanderbilt, 1992).
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
James Carville and George Stephanopoulos in The War Room
Photo from Bright Lights Film Journal
The War Room
This 1993 documentary follows Bill Clinton's presidential campaign from the New Hampshire primary to the victory party 10 months later. At the center of the story are the two men most responsible for Clinton's victory: James Carville, the campaign manager, and George Stephanopoulos, the communications director. This is a compelling portrait of the two men and the skill and determination required to bring about a victory.
UGA Libraries Media Department, VHS 3641.1
Our discussant for The War Room is Jon Macks. Mr. Macks was a leading political strategist and campaign consultant before becoming a comedy writer for Jay Leno and the Tonight Show in 1992. Since that time, he has written for seven Academy Award and nine Emmy Award shows, served as a speechwriter for numerous elected officials, worked as consulting producer on the television program K Street, and written several books, including Fuhgeddaboutit: How to Badda Boom, Badda Bing, and Find Your Inner Mobster (Simon & Schuster, 2001).
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
All the President's Men
A dramatic reconstruction of the true story of the discovery of the White House link with the Watergate affair by two young Washinton Post reporters (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward), a discovery that unleashed a scandal that ultimately drove Richard Nixon from office. Although we know how the story unfolds, this superbly directed film still manages to be a thriller in the true sense of the word, even as it explores serious themes of democracy, power, corruption, and political ethics.
A stellar cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, and Jane Alexander. All the President's Men was originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros. in 1976.
Photo from Internet Movie Database.
UGA Libraries Media Department, VHS 46.1
Our discussant for "All the President's Men" is Dr. Paul-Henri Gurian, Professor of Political Science in the University of Georgia's School of Public & International Affairs. Dr. Gurian's research focuses on presidential campaigns including presidential primaries, campaign strategy, presidential debates and the Electoral College. Among his published journal articles are "Campaign Strategy in Presidential Primaries", "The Calculus of Concession: Press Coverage and the Dynamics of Winnowing", and "The Structure of Presidential Elections and the Process of Realignment".
Programs screened by Media Archives are also available for viewing in the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department.
For more information, contact the University of Georgia Libraries Media Department at 583-0212 or Mary Miller, mlmiller@uga.edu
