“We have to win”. Upon arriving at the Sundance Festival with “Hillary,” his autobiographical documentary series, Hillary Clinton said the United States cannot “afford four more years” with Donald Trump in the government and will do “everything possible” to ensure the Democratic victory in November.
Shortly before the world premiere of the series, produced by Nanette Burstein for the online transmission platform Hulu, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate defeated by Trump in 2016 gave a handful of carefully selected interviews on a red carpet surrounded by a Unusual security for this independent film festival.
When asked about the upcoming presidential elections, a few days before the first voting of the Democratic primary, Clinton said, taking care not to mention Trump’s name: “I think we have to win. I don’t think we can afford four more years with the outgoing president. “
“It would be absolutely dangerous for our democracy, and I will do my best to ensure this time a victory for the Democrats.”
Dressed in a black coat, smiling and relaxed, Clinton detailed to AFP the challenges he believes await his political ranks in the coming weeks and months.
“We will have to do better than the opposite camp, because they are extremely organized, incredibly well funded and benefit from foreign aid,” he said bluntly, in an apparent reference to Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 elections, an issue that It led to research at the highest level and wide controversy.
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“Our party will have to oppose the suppression of voters, manage the real threat of piracy and the hostile use of captured files, counteract false propaganda and information circulating in social networks, coming from our country or from outside, protecting our electoral system … that’s why we have a lot of work, “he explains.
However, in his opinion, the victory is close: “We should win because I believe that people have seen the broken promises and failures of this administration. But we will have to overcome all the obstacles that (the Republicans) put our way” .
The presentation of the Hulu series, which chronicles Clinton’s life and career, was one of the most anticipated moments of Sundance, the largest American film festival, which will run until February 2 in Park City, in the mountains of the state of Utah (east).
The four-hour series, divided into four episodes of one hour each, was first conceived as a behind-the-scenes documentary of the 2016 election campaign, using the 1,700 hours of footage made by the team in that period. “I thought it would be great for people to have the opportunity to see this,” said the former secretary of state.
“But after working on the material, they came back to me and said: ‘You know, here is a bigger story, we want to tell your life, talk about the journey of women and politics.’ Then I said, ‘Ok, Go ahead! ‘”, Remember.
At a time when documentary cinema is experiencing a golden age, especially thanks to internet streaming platforms, Clinton is convinced that a series like “Hillary” can offer a new look at current politics and events. Although it should also bring controversies as demonstrated by excerpts already leaked with criticism, for example, against Bernie Sanders, one of the Democratic presidential candidates.
But director Burstein, nominated for an Oscar in documentary in 2000 for “On the ropes,” about boxers, told AFP: “The heart of the documentary is to show how Secretary of State Clinton is a personality that divides opinions.”
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