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Loudoun Women Highlighted in Film on Politics

Erica Garman at 1:47 p.m., June 11, 2009 (3 comments)

"Pink State Politics" - a non-partisan documentary filmed in Virginia - takes a look at women's roles in politics and the issues that were important to them during the 2008 presidential election. Lucky for us, the film also happens to highlight several prominent Loudoun women.

The documentary was screened May 28 at the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D.C., and will air at 8 p.m. on June 21 on PBS's WHUT-TV.

Filmmakers Laura DeBruce and Laura Hambleton said on their blog that they featured Virginia because "it was one of a handful of swing states in the election - a place that could help determine the next president of the United States."

In the film you'll see Loudoun County Board of Supervisor Andrea McGimsey (D-Potomac); Loudoun County Democratic Committee member Phyllis Randall; Melinda Lewis, who ran Loudoun's McCain/Palin field operations; Patti Maslinoff of Arts for Obama and several members of the Loudoun County League of Women Voters.

DeBruce and Hambleton interviewed Virginian women from all walks of life at political rallies, ice skating rinks, soccer fields, county fairs and shops and recorded their views on the economy, education, religion, abortion and the war in Iraq.

To see a trailer of "Pink State Politics: A New Virginia," click here. In it, you'll see a shot of the Loudoun County Court House, as well as a snippet from Randall's speech given at a Women for Obama rally.

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Go, Melinda!!!!!

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