Box office Screened at only a few locations, the film grossed $134,485 at the box office.
Critical reception The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a "fresh" rating of 88% , based on 17 reviews and an average score of 7/10.
Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars. On
At the Movies, Ebert and
Gene Siskel each gave a thumbs up to the film.
Hal Hinson of
The Washington Post called it "the best American documentary since
Hoop Dreams and one of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country."
Accolades At the
19th News & Documentary Emmy Awards,
P.O.V. (
PBS),
R. J. Cutler, and David Van Taylor were nominated for Outstanding Investigative Journalism (Programs). ==See also==