[Oct 5, 2022: Atlanta, GA] Greg Palast’s new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Voter Suppression Hitman, played to a packed house at a very special preview impact screening event at the Regal Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday, October 5th.
The film, narrated by Rosario Dawson, features LaTosha Brown (Black Voters Matter), Helen Butler (Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda), Gerald Griggs (NAACP), Nse Ufot (New Georgia Coalition), Rep. Park Cannon, and Retired Major Gamaliel Turner (a Georgia voter who almost lost his vote). A Q&A featuring Palast, Butler, Griggs and Turner, followed the film.
Zach D Roberts is an investigative photojournalist who covers far-right extremism and voter suppression in America. He covered the Unite the Right Rally in Chalottesville and his work there helped put four white extremists in jail. He co-produced Greg Palast's films The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Vigilante: Georgia's Vote Suppression Hitman. Roberts is a Palast Investigative Fund Fellow and Puffin artist grant recipient.