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The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)

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Posted by Films For Action on Mar. 2, 2011

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The crisis of corporate influence over American democracy is the latest subject of award-winning Internet filmmaker, Annie Leonard.

The movie explores the history of the American corporation and corporate political spending, the appropriate roles of citizens and for-profit corporations in a democracy and the toxic impact the Citizens United decision has already had on our political process. It ends with a call to amend the US Constitution to confirm that people - not corporations - make the decisions in a democracy.

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