Graduate Premieres Film at Cleveland Film Festival
As Ohio goes...for governor, so goes the presidential election?
It's just one of the premises explored in a new documentary that Hawken graduate Spencer Young '92, Jason Zone Fisher, son of Ohio’s Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, and his college friend John Intrater will premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
The film "Swing State" follows Ted Strickland and his running mate Lee Fisher along the campaign trail in the hotly contested 2006 gubernatorial race that had them up against then-Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and Tom Raga.
After a 2004 presidential election wracked by scandal, with accusations tossed about that Republicans had mounted a campaign to subvert the will of the voters, that Ohio was at the center of it all and that Blackwell was a conspirator in the supposed duplicity to secure the White House for George W. Bush, Ohio's race for governor was one that seemed to center, among other things, on the possibility that the outcome of the state's 2006 elections had significant bearing on who would ultimately win the presidency in 2008.
"Swing State" features the opinions of a Who's Who of politicians and actors who weigh in on the political climate in Ohio and its status as a decisive battleground for the presidency. To get a peek of the film before its premiere, visit www.swingstate08.com. The film shows during the festival March 11 at 7:30 p.m., March 12 at 12:00 p.m. and March 13 at 9:30 a.m. Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for information about ticket prices and more.
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It's just one of the premises explored in a new documentary that Hawken graduate Spencer Young '92, Jason Zone Fisher, son of Ohio’s Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, and his college friend John Intrater will premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
The film "Swing State" follows Ted Strickland and his running mate Lee Fisher along the campaign trail in the hotly contested 2006 gubernatorial race that had them up against then-Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and Tom Raga.
After a 2004 presidential election wracked by scandal, with accusations tossed about that Republicans had mounted a campaign to subvert the will of the voters, that Ohio was at the center of it all and that Blackwell was a conspirator in the supposed duplicity to secure the White House for George W. Bush, Ohio's race for governor was one that seemed to center, among other things, on the possibility that the outcome of the state's 2006 elections had significant bearing on who would ultimately win the presidency in 2008.
"Swing State" features the opinions of a Who's Who of politicians and actors who weigh in on the political climate in Ohio and its status as a decisive battleground for the presidency. To get a peek of the film before its premiere, visit www.swingstate08.com. The film shows during the festival March 11 at 7:30 p.m., March 12 at 12:00 p.m. and March 13 at 9:30 a.m. Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for information about ticket prices and more.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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