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PRESS and MEDIA
Andy Borowitz, Ann Telnaes, and Laura Nix discuss freedom of speech and DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE
In the Seats with... Dave Voigt PODCAST
Episode 733: In the Seats with... Laura Nix and 'Democracy Under Siege'
“Nix has made a bombshell film that is the equivalent of smelling salts under the noses of an engaged global citizenry.”
2025 RIAS Berlin Commission Media Award Winner
“Political cartoons have the unique power to get to the heart of complex relationships with a single image...proves that satire and journalism can have an enormous impact together.” - Germany
Télérama
“... guided by Ann Telnaes, the famous Washington Post cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner... this film goes back to the origins of the Constitution, the mother of all evils, whose famous first words ‘We the people’ in reality only concerned a bourgeois and segregationist white elite.” - Télérama, France
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
“A captivating documentary that uses the sharp wit and insightful art of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes to explore the challenges facing US democracy in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election.”
Laura Nix | DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE: Political Discourse & Truth
“Writer-director Laura Nix has performed a public service with her sweeping film, which details the rise — and return — of Trump but, more importantly, traces the political machinery back to its roots.”
Pressespiegel
“Thanks to Telnaes's art, the film takes on a unique look and a touch of lightness. A lightness that always does justice to the seriousness and dramatic dimensions of the subject matter.” - Pressespiegel, Germany
Diverto
“Animations, inspired caricatures and passionate contributors…provide keys to understanding the situation, while at the same time drawing a shocking conclusion.” - Diverto, France
“A detailed analysis of the dysfunction of American institutions, which is pushing democracy towards a precipice.” - Télé Cable, France