A City Council Seat Becomes an Opportunity to Take a Stand in “A Run for More” – THE MOVEABLE FEST
““Running for office is a big performance,” Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe says in “A Run for More,” preparing for a campaign event in her bid for a City Council seat in San Antonio.
“A Run for More” speaks volumes to the political moment that we’re in when every reason Gonzales-Wolfe has for jumping into the race — and all of her considerable qualifications for a seat at the table – is obscured by what it will take to actually break through on the ballot, working against political machinery so entrenched that the candidate who doesn’t bother to show up to a forum for a coveted endorsement gets the nod and constituents that have their minds made up for them by cable news. Worthwhile alone for the scenes into the day-to-day strategizing and canvassing involved in a local campaign, the film shows the toll door-to-door voter interactions can take in polarized times and reminds, as consultant Veronica Gonzalez does to Gonzales-Wolfe, that almost none of the hot button national issues that she will be confronted on will ever come before the city council.
“A Run for More” goes as deep as its central focus is willing to take it, ultimately able to reach territory often overlooked in political docs.”