Is Hacking Democracy easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hacking Democracy violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hacking Democracy sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Hacking Democracy end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Hacking Democracy scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Hacking Democracy

Name: Hacking Democracy
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2006
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: James Naughton, Bev Harris, Harri Hursti, Mark Radke, Ion Sancho

Is voting controlled by 100 million voters or one guy sitting in his grandmothers basement?

Directed by Russell Michaels, Simon Ardizzone

Produced by Public Interest Pictures, Teale-Edwards Productions

200682 min7.6 / 10

A tense investigative documentary that exposes systemic vulnerabilities in electronic voting infrastructure, raising urgent questions about democratic integrity and institutional accountability.

Documentary film investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. Electronic voting machines count approximately 90% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections. The technology is also increasingly being used across the world, including in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. The film uncovers incendiary evidence from the trash cans of Texas to the ballot boxes of Ohio, exposing secrecy, votes in the trash, hackable software and election officials rigging the presidential recount.Ultimately proving our votes can be stolen without a trace "Hacking Democracy" culminates in the famous 'Hursti Hack'; a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland - with America's democracy at stake.

Clusters

Corrupt Institutions Exposed Science Technology And Industry Elections and Global Competitions Crime And Betrayal

Genres

Documentary Crime

Keywords

Presidential Election Politics Hacking Voting

Questions people ask

Is Hacking Democracy easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is Hacking Democracy violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Hacking Democracy sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Hacking Democracy end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Hacking Democracy scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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