PAY 2 PLAY follows filmmaker John Ennis quest to find a way out from under the Pay 2 Play System, the cycle where Politicians reward their donors with even larger sums from the public treasury -- through contracts, jobs, t... more »ax cuts, and deregulation. Along the way, he journeys through high drama on the Ohio campaign trail, uncovers the secret history of the game Monopoly, and explores the underworld of L.A. street art on a humorous odyssey that reveals how much of a difference one person can make. PAY 2 PLAY: Democracy s High Stakes is the layman s guidebook to taking back our democracy.
Pay 2 Play picks up where Ennis left off in his last film FREE FOR ALL, after his investigation into election fraud in Ohio led him to establish Video the Vote to watch the polls on Election Day. Ennis has recognized that by Election Day, so much has already happened to decide which candidates are or are not on the ballot, the result is surprisingly undemocratic. Driven by his need to make the world better for his newborn daughter to inherit, Ennis determines to study our road to elected office to find a way we can get out from under the Pay 2 Play System.
FEATURING: Robert Reich John Nichols Lawrence Lessig Noam Chomsky Jerry Springer Van Jones Marianne Williamson Jack Abramoff Thom Hartmann Marge Baker Mark Crispin Miller Bob Edgar Brad Friedman Lee Fang Jason Leopold Jessica Levinson Rashad Robinson Kathay Feng Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Robert Weissman Paul Hackett Subodh Chandra Surya Yalamanchili Ralph Anspach« less