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UNK group sponsoring free screening of Reese Witherspoon film ‘Election’

November 5, 2019 by Tyler Ellyson

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Reese Witherspoon stars as high school overachiever Tracy Flick in the 1999 film "Election." (Paramount Pictures)
Reese Witherspoon stars as high school overachiever Tracy Flick in the 1999 film “Election.” (Paramount Pictures)

KEARNEY – The American Democracy Project at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is sponsoring a free screening of “Election” to commemorate the film’s 20th anniversary.

The public event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at The World Theatre, 2318 Central Ave., in downtown Kearney.

Released in 1999, the dark comedy revolves around a student council election at a school in Omaha, the hometown of director and co-writer Alexander Payne, while satirizing both suburban high school life and politics. The film stars Matthew Broderick as Jim McAllister, a popular social studies teacher who holds a grudge against Reese Witherspoon’s character Tracy Flick, the overachiever who’s determined to become student body president.

Based on a novel by Tom Perrotta, the R-rated movie received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay and a Golden Globe nomination for Witherspoon in the best actress category.

A post-film discussion will be led by UNK faculty Sam Umland, department of English; Rebecca Nelson, department of teacher education; Chandra Diaz DeBose, department of teacher education; and Diane Duffin, department of political science.

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News, Student Life Tagged With: American Democracy Project, Election, Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, UNK, World Theatre

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