EXCLUSIVELY AT THE PEOPLE’S FORUM!
THE LAST ELECTION (2021) is a documentary, a podcast, and a flash ethnography about the United States on election day 2020. A snapshot of a collapsing democracy, when some thought it could still prevail.
The semi-scripted framing story follows amateur podcaster Khadim Diop in the creation of his podcast titled “The Last Election”. As finalists in a podcast competition, Khadim and his creative partner, Xisko Monroe record interviews and observations from the streets of Times Square from sunrise November 3, 2020, to sunrise November 4, 2020. Conflict arises between the podcasters when Xisko’s sister shows up to help and Khadim’s personal political choices are challenged.
The film is a portrait of real people filmed in the middle of the pandemic, only a few blocks from The People’s Forum, at a time and place in the USA that both confirmed and denied the prevailing notion that America was and still is a divided nation. It shows the strong disagreements between Trump supporters and Biden voters, as well as of dissidents from either choice, both young and old, all within the same block.
Featuring a special participation of the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee members in one of their street actions.
Despite all disagreements, Khadim’s podcast projects a message of measured but much-needed optimism and love, during a global pandemic, political turmoil, and ecological disaster.
U.S. | 2021 | Miguel Silveira | 72 min
March 7, 2025
6:30PM
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
320 W. 37th STREET
New York NY 10018
TALKBACK WITH THE FILM DIRECTOR MIGUEL SILVEIRA
in conversation with members of the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee
RSVP at :
https://last-election.
Event organized by Natalia de Campos/Syncretic Pleasures @syncretic_pleasures with support from the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee (DDB-NY), Hurricane & Yucca, and The People’s Forum
