True Son
Watching politics...can be disheartening and depressing. Here's an antidote: This energizing, uplifting, sharp documentary from director Kevin Gordon.
True Son
TRUE SON follows 22-year old Stanford graduate Michael Tubbs’ campaign for a seat on the Stockton, CA City Council during a year of record homicides and impending bankruptcy. For Michael Tubbs, a Stockton native born to a teenage mother and incarcerated father, engaging with youth is crucial to solving Stockton’s problems. In a remarkable election campaign, Michael returned home and rallied hundreds of young Stockton residents between the ages of 14 and 21 to join his movement to Reinvent Stockton.
Genre
Documentary,
Bio-pic,
Family,
African-American Experience
Web Site
Runtime
72
Language
English
Director
Kevin Gordon
Cast
Michael Tubbs
FEATURED REVIEW
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
How can it cost $100,000 to get to some 30,000 votes — in the poorest district of a town so broke its city hall got foreclosed on? That's one of the many dispiriting questions posed and answered by True Son, a political-campaign doc that manages to be buoyant even as its setting — Stockton ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 11.07.14 - 11.13.14
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