Slay the Dragon is a 2019 American documentary film about gerrymandering in the United States from Los Angeles, California-based film production company Participant, directed by Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance. The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2019, follows citizens' groups as they work to end the practice of gerrymandering, which they see as undermining democracy. It features Katie Fahey, the activist who founded Voters Not Politicians and led a successful grassroots campaign to ban partisan gerrymandering in Michigan.[1]

Slay the Dragon
Film poster
Directed by	Barak Goodman Chris Durrance
Cinematography	Sam Russell
Edited by	Seth Bomse
Music by	Gary Lionelli
Production company	Participant
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release dates	April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27) (Tribeca) April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Reception

The film has received positive reviews from several critics, including Owen Gleiberman of Variety, who called it "incisive and stirring" and "the most important political film of the year";[2] Chuck Foster of Film Threat, who called it "educational, inspirational, exciting and, most importantly, interesting";[3] and Caroline Cao of SlashFilm, who calls it a "tough but necessary documentary about the decay of democracy."[4][5][6][7][8]

See also

• REDMAP, Republican Party's Redistricting Majority Project, est. 2010
• Ratf**ked

References

External links

• Slay the Dragon at IMDb
• Slay the Dragon at Rotten Tomatoes