The Washington Post Opinions Section will distribute the animated short How to Fix an Election: The Racist Story of the 1876 Presidential Campaignwhich recently debuted at the SXSW festival in Austin.
Tom Hanks talks about the project, which was written and produced by Jeffery Robinson, founder of the Who We Are Project and former ACLU Assistant General Counsel. It is directed by Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler and animated by Reginald William Butler
The project is the story of the 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Republican Samuel Tilden, which was ultimately decided in a back room and effectively ended Reconstruction in the South. Hanks and Robinson will provide voice-overs for the film when it opens April 3 in the Post’s opinion section. They will also appear on Washington Post Live on April 6 for an interview moderated by Post Opinions’ Kate Woodsome. Register here.
The 1876 election turned into a bitter battle for 20 electoral votes, with allegations of voter fraud and voter suppression. It ended with an agreement in which Tilden would vote Hayes in exchange for an agreement that he would remove federal troops from the South.
Source: Deadline
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