LATimes.com

April 10, 2003

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Laemmle Theaters' Spring Documentary Days series continues Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Sunset 5 with Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler's illuminating and persuasive "Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election." In a mere 50 minutes, this film incisively lays bare everything they say went wrong with the election in Florida. The filmmakers interviewed scores of experts and chart conflicts of interests in the recount battle all the way up to the Supreme Court. They tick off a list of unethical tactics on the part of Republicans, but their key argument is that Al Gore, widely regarded as ill-advised throughout his campaign, lost the election by listening to those who urged him to seek recounts in only four Florida counties instead of the entire state. --Kevin Thomas, L.A. Times