The first trailer for Kimberly Reed’s Dark Money has arrived. The title takes us to Montana where Reed is a native of and shows us just how the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United V FEC created a loophole for corporate money and billionaires to exploit. Not only do they exploit it, but their influence of untraceable money is now the biggest threat to our democracy.
Watch the trailer for Dark Money below as the film takes viewers to Montana—a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide—to follow an intrepid local journalist, John Adams works to expose the real-life impact of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
Dark Money will open on July 13 in New York followed by:
Washington, DC – E Street Cinema – July 20
Philadelphia – Ritz at the Bourse – July 20
Los Angeles – Nuart Theatre – July 27
San Francisco – Opera Plaza – July 27
Berkeley – Shattuck Cinemas – July 27
Boston – Kendall Square – August 3
Seattle – SIFF Film Center – August 3
Denver – Landmark Theatres – August 3
Helena, MT – Myrna Loy Center – August 10
Billings, MT – Art House Billings – August 10
Phoenix – Harkins Shea 14 – August
Is this based in any way off the Jane Mayer book?