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Knock Down the House

Knock Down the House

Part of Knock Down the House Collection

2019•1h 26m•7.2/10
Documentary

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7.2/10(182)

In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.

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Production

Atlas Films, Artemis Rising, Doc Society

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Self

Cori Bush

Cori Bush

Self

Paula Jean Swearingen

Self

Amy Vilela

Self

Joe Crowley

Joe Crowley

Self

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar

Self

Joe Manchin III

Joe Manchin III

Self

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi

Self (archive footage)

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