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Award Screening: World Documentary Competition Winner: Democrats

Awards Screenings

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AWARD SCREENING: WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION WINNER: DEMOCRATS

Like surprises? Buy a ticket in advance to this Awards screening, which will be selected by the World Documentary Competition jury. Or buy an awards pass for access to all awards screenings here. The World Documentary Competition winner is Democrats.

In the wake of Robert Mugabe’s highly criticized 2008 presidential win, a constitutional committee was created in an effort to transition Zimbabwe away from authoritarian leadership. With unprecedented access to the two political rivals overseeing the committee, this riveting, firsthand account of a country’s fraught first steps towards democracy plays at once like an intimate political thriller and unlikely buddy film.