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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780738925622
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0738925624
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 67139
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 2002
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
In the course of 47 provocative minutes, Unprecedented leaves little doubt that the 2000 presidential election was a mockery of justice. Focusing on rampant, court-sanctioned abuses of the democratic process in Florida, directors Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler present a thorough reexamination of the circumstances that allowed the election of George W. Bush, including the Gore campaign's fatal failure to request the state-wide recount to which the Democratic party was legally entitled. In particular, the political ambitions of Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris are exposed with devastating, irrefutable evidence of cronyism, including the Bush administration's post-election appointment of the son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, whose support of Florida's haphazard election results was arguably a violation of his oath. Through it all, Florida's African American voters and discounted 'felons' are victimized by a bureaucratic nightmare of exclusion, and uncounted votes remained officially in limbo. The film's liberal bias is obvious (it was executive produced by Robert Greenwald, the director of Outfoxed), but Unprecedented is ultimately an impassioned plea to Americans of every political affiliation: If you don't vote, you will further weaken the democratic principles that were so fatefully violated in Florida. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Low key one sided documentary still interesting.
This documentary goes into detail and at least lets the viewer understand the case against the Republicans who supposedely stole the Florida 2000 election for George Bush. It's one sided, but at least it's not sensationalistic and really does give one pause for thought. Definitely worth a look.
Rating: - The true story behind an appalling miscarriage of justice
This brief documentary does a really good job at covering how the 2000 election was stolen and how thousands of eligible voters in good standing were turned away from the polls or had their names stricken from the voting rolls entirely. I find it incredibly frightening that the usual suspects are calling this film "propaganda" (since when is the truth propaganda?) and accusing those of us who are wise to what really happened of "whining." How nice to know that some Americans take the democratic ... Read More
Rating: - Important subject. Allow yourself to be the judge.
The DVD's principal point is that our current voting system has disturbing barriers and a shocking lack of safeguards. I'm not sure how exposing this danger can be considered unpatriotic or worthless by other reviewers?
As a result of the problems and situations shown in the DVD, citizens were deprived of voting rights and could not have confidence their vote counted; and there is no evidence this situation is completely corrected.
It also demonstrated that critical election ... Read More
Rating: - Must See DVD for any person of Voting Age
Have you ever wondered what really happened in Florida during the 2000 presidential elections? Unprecented is an interesting documentary detailing the controversial election results and how the results played out in Florida. The dvd adresses voter irregularities, disenfranchisements, and voter purges practiced by the state of Florida, which were crucial to the outcome of the election. BBC journalist, Greg Palast, provides captivating commentary as he explains the events of the elections in Florida ... Read More
Rating:  - A Very Eye Opening Film
I cannot believe how mean and down-dirty elections can get when they get too close. Does it tell us something about the election process. It needs to become kinder. Democracy can be great if we work a little harder at it. It can be done!
It would have been nice to see more opinions of those on the right...the film did seem to have a bit of a biased edge to it, like it was pushing an agenda. Good awareness piece though.
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