Knock Down the House

• 7.2 Documentary
• 2019-01-27
• 86 minutes mins

In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.

Starring:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Self) Cori Bush (Self) Paula Jean Swearingen (Self) Amy Vilela (Self) Joe Crowley (Self) Ilhan Omar (Self) Joe Manchin III (Self) Nancy Pelosi (Self (archive footage))

Director:

Rachel Lears

Writer:

Rachel Lears Ryan Blotnick