Dark Money

POV Season 31
  • Feature Film
  • 2018
  • 90 Mins

Dark Money, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. Through this gripping story, Dark Money uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold. Official Selection, 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

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Lesson Plan

  • Grades 9-10,
  • Grades 11-12

Media Literacy for Elections