Slay the Dragon is a searing look at redrawing voting lines by erasing the ethical ones.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 4, 2023

If you've ever felt mistreated by the system and wanted to do something about it but not known where to start, this is an excellent primer.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 8, 2021

Slay the Dragon shines the light on something that, while not as sexy and well-known as candidate campaigns, is just as important in our democracy as anything else.

| Feb 17, 2021

A dry, earnest liberal documentary about the evils of gerrymandering

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2020

A moderately rousing David-vs.-Goliath doc addressing something that's one of the far, far, far too many absolutely relevant issues of the day.

| Aug 7, 2020

The political documentary Slay the Dragon is part history lesson, part wake-up call to U.S. voters.

| Jul 12, 2020

This is the best primer on political gerrymandering imaginable and should be mandatory viewing in grad school public policy symposiums and high school civics classes alike.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 30, 2020

A film that needs to be shown in classrooms. An important treatise on gerrymandering, which may be the central injustice of our time.

| Apr 21, 2020

Use of animations here are sleek and unlike other docs feel entirely necessary in dissecting how neighbours on the opposite of the street can be divided by race, income, gender and any number of other factors....

| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2020

If you're a political junkie, this is a must see film.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 4, 2020

Gerrymandering is purposely confusing. Even its name is wonky. But the compelling, impassioned documentary "Slay the Dragon" does an effective job of explaining it...

| Original Score: B | Apr 4, 2020

While it doesn't exactly bring new information to the table, the movie provides a welcome breakdown of the dramatic impact that gerrymandering has across American society whenever election season comes around.

| Original Score: B | Apr 4, 2020

Slay the Dragon isn't a glorified PowerPoint presentation about the history of voting. It's an unabashed activist documentary aimed at convincing viewers they can fight gerrymandering in their home states.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2020

Not simply an exposé, the documentary implores its viewers to take action, shining a light on various grass-roots movements that have sprouted up in opposition to gerrymandering and the political hostage-taking that has resulted from it.

| Apr 4, 2020

It's a terrific film. I was a little wary that it going to be really wonky, which it sort of is, but it is also extremely well-edited... and it's even-handed.

| Apr 4, 2020

This film is absolutely infuriating and it is must-see viewing.

| Apr 4, 2020

Could this bone-chilling documentary signal the end of American democracy as we know it?

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2020

What's the most important documentary subject right now? Is it human health? Climate change and the environment? Food? Racism? In a way, Slay the Dragon encompasses all of those subjects.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 3, 2020

Gerrymandering documentary is vital viewing for voters.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 3, 2020

This is an important film that should interest anyone who cares about democracy's future.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 3, 2020