When Art Imitates Life: American Politics In American Cinema

Given the plethora of post-election coverage sure to be on the TV, it can be a bit daunting and overwhelming, especially if you’re looking for something to entertain, even if it is in the political oeuvre. Never fear, because with services like NetFlix available, there’s a wealth of political and election films that can make us laugh, make us cry, make us remember what we’re voting against, and voting for. A great film can lift and inspire in much the same manner as our preferred candidate can, and a great film can cause us to react with the vitriol, and antipathy that the opposing view invokes. Here’s a few films you can put in your NetFlix queue, or in the DVD player that will get your political heart beating and your patriotic blood flowing. With a country hot on the heels of an historic victory for now President-Elect Barack Obama, we surely can look to the film has treated politics in the past, to see a glimpse of how history may judge this event in the future.

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