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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Happy World Press Freedom Day! And thank you for supporting what I do ♥️

Pradnya Sikand's avatar

Happy Sunday Andy! Thank you for this amazing interview and for the opportunity to watch and listen to three incredibly talented, intelligent and inspiring people! Onwards ! And Andy, if you ever run out of seashells, I have an extensive collection! 😉💕

Mary kier's avatar

Love your kryptonite

Carol Tidwell's avatar

How do we view the film? My tech abilities are pretty slim.

Democracy Under Siege's avatar

Hi! Film team here, thanks for your interest, happy to help!

Go to: www.democracyundersiegedoc.org

Click the big blue button on the top of the page that says "Watch Now for Free" and it will take you to the video page. You can click on either the feature length (89 minute) or shorter 55 minute version of the film. The video player will ask for your name and email to view the film. Those emails are secure and will be used sparingly for future updates about the film.

Annette's avatar

thank you to you and Andy for allowing us this viewing

Italien's avatar

Yes!! Terrific interview!

Li's avatar

Just watched the feature length. EXCELLENT in its scope and format. Thanks to everyone who had anything to do with making it.

Jeff's avatar

Thanks for the explanation. It was a little confusing to see 2 different links with different running times but the exact same description. Then when I clicked on one to get more info it immediately wanted my email. It might be helpful to clarify that on the thumbnails.

Barbara Olson's avatar

I’ve tried clicking on the links after Watch Now and get a message ‘unable to load registration form’ Try again. After multiple attempts on my iPhone, iPad using Duck Duck Go and Safari to access the website and registering my email address, I can’t get the film to load. Suggestions?

Denise's avatar

I also cannot access the film on my iPad! Suggestions?

Italien's avatar

Thank you AB! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Late to the party, but this was an excellent and exciting interview. It’s a queasy truth that we are currently censored, and because of this interview, we know it. Thank you to these genius artists. Not many people understand how the constitution was crafted, or the danger in the lack of relative representation. (California here. I’d sure like more representation!) In law school, we were taught to revere the constitution. Our forefathers were never discussed honestly vis a vis the slavery issue. They are revered. The country was built on slavery, north and south, and “twenty acres and a mule” was a bum deal. When people said “my family came over on the Mayflower!”, it was only in my adolescence that I learned that if that were the case, you were either a miscreant, drunk or a thief that got sent off to a colony. Michael Moore: Remember Sicko? Couldn’t sell that now! So much for antitrust laws, guys, as your interviewees sagely emphasize. It’s Bezos and Ellison (and more). Excuse the prolixity - (now there’s a good word, Andy. Orange menace would think it’s a smoothie..) Thank you both again! Looking forward to the movie..💕

Mac Talented's avatar

Don't like the term "sparingly" sorry Andy. It means my inbox will be filled with begging letters.

Janet HB's avatar

Thank you! I’m sorry I did t see this first. I clicked on the55 min version not realizing it was the same film but less content. I will have to watch the longer version tomorrow. Fantastic - and scary - film. We need to start by abolishing the electoral college. Or at minimum, apportion the votes by the number of actual votes and not winner take all. Thank you for this beautifully done film!

Audrey Eve's avatar

A perfect way to honor World Press Freedom Day: watch this truly entertaining podcast and follow it up with the fabulous doc, Democracy Under Siege!

I can't rave enough! What a treat!

Thanks so much for sharing this!

Peter Shaw's avatar

Freedom & democracy under siege? Not on our watch. Start with press freedom. Finish with “86-47”!

Klarity's avatar

2547 would work too

Martin Southard's avatar

So would II 4 47 (Impeachment clause!)

EmTeeEm's avatar

Excellent idea!

Patty Farrington's avatar

I'm grateful for you Andy! Thank you for sharing such a powerful and important documentary, and for keeping hope and humor front and center in such a perilous time.

Sarah McAuliffe-Bellin's avatar

I’ve shared across every platform except Twitter because I don’t have it anymore. Happy World Press Freedom Day. Keep Journalism free, unimpeded and keep journalists alive and out of prison.

Li's avatar

I'm only on bluesky and then only sporadically, but I did share there.

karen strano's avatar

It is a powerful movie. I've watched it twice already.

Gloria J. Maloney's avatar

How did you watch it? I've tried repeatedly.

Gloria J. Maloney's avatar

Now it worked. Thank you. The page is different.

Kathy W's avatar

I'd like to donate, but I'm having trouble with the donation page, especially the Visa or Mastercard question.

Christina  A.'s avatar

It works only when you are in the U.S. unless you use a VPN.

Democracy Under Siege's avatar

Hi! Film team here, that's right we are only available for this free screening in the US due to rights issues. Stay connected with us on Substack or sign up for the mailing list to be updated when it's available more widely! Thanks for your interest.

Christina  A.'s avatar

Thanks for your reply. Since I am usually using a VPN anyway, I was able to watch it. Great film!

Rose Edgar's avatar

Can’t watch it at all

karen strano's avatar

Glad to see you got some help.

Gloria J. Maloney's avatar

I'm skeptical of anyone trading my information for something for free.

Donna Sinn's avatar

Can’t download to view

Susan Sonnesyn Brooks's avatar

You three are amazing. Thank you for not giving up on sane Americans. More, please!!

Jim (Bombguy24)'s avatar

Thank you for the post. Will be watching the film later today. One more, of many, reasons to be on Substack.

Shannon Kincaid's avatar

Ten minutes into your interview with Ann and Laura and I'm enthralled! Can't wait to see the film, Andy! Thank you for this!! ❤️

RYK's avatar

Thank you all for your courage and humor in shining a spotlight on! Ann, I’m a retired English teacher and editor and would edit anything for you for free😉.

The Yuck Yuck Syndicate's avatar

many thank you's AB for interviewing these two amazing Artists. We still have Enlightenment, right?

Mark Lip's avatar

Thanks to Ann and Laura for making the film which I am about to see and to Andy for this interview. Seashell collectors unite!

Jill Carpenter's avatar

Andy, this is a prequel to what's happening now. All the predictions about what Trump would do have come true, and continue to come true, and are even worse that people could have imagined. These women are incredibly talented.

Annette's avatar

Jill - my initial comment was one of sadness for what has become . . . but you have reminded me of the brave and creatively talented women who provided us this video, and all the guest speakers who spelled out what has happened and why. I am grateful for their work.

Cherilyn Parsons's avatar

I just watched it. Fantastic. Sharing it all over.

Democracy Under Siege's avatar

Happy World Press Freedom Day all!

The film is free at www.democracyundersiegedoc.org through May 4 in the US.

Starting May 5, you can rent and gift the film, or set up a group screening, at

kinema.com/films/democracy-under-siege-m7wjh9

Join us on substack or sign up for our email list at www.democracyundersiegedoc.org/signup to be updated when we launch internationally on Kinema.com in June!

Feel free to reply here or email us at info@democracyundersiegedoc.org.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Signed up! Unbelievable that we have been saturated in all of these “laws” that bind us for damn long. The blinders are off and let’s rip the Constitution apart and start all over again.

Eva Camacho Guzman's avatar

I tried and tried. I only saw a trailer, I think or is it just a couple of minutes long? 😢

Eva Camacho Guzman's avatar

I tried to see it and only saw like a trailer of it. I tried several ways and times. 😢

Ellen B's avatar

I just watched it. Amazing and frightening and oh so true. Don’t miss it.

Connie Burket's avatar

THANK YOU. We absolutely must bring our constitution into the present century---any loan-seeking business in the USA would be turned down if it had not updated its business plan within the past five years, and here we are with a 250-year-old one! I bought into the "democracy myth" that Laura discussed for far too long, not believing that we had achieved it, but that most of us were dedicated to working toward it. (P.S. I volunteer to edit Ann's cartoons for spelling and grammar for free.)