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Co-Director of "Citizen Koch"
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and co-director of the new documentary Citizen Koch
PROFILE
Tia Lessin
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FROM Tia Lessin
The Business
'Citizen Koch' Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers of Trouble The Water, were thrilled when they were promised money and a public broadcast audience from ITVS for their new film, Citizen Koch. The movie follows corporate spending in elections following the US Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case.
The Business
Funding 'Citizen Koch'; Creative Indie Film Marketing Citizen Koch filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal on why their deal with public television fell apart; Jenny Radelet tells a tale of a film that found a marketing partnership through potatoes.
To the Point
"Citizen Koch:" Big Money, Politics and a Movie that Nearly Didn't Get Made A film on money in American politics was produced for broadcast on public television. It's called "Citizen Koch" to reflect the influence of the Koch Brothers in funding political campaigns since the US Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case.
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