WELLSTONE! is a heartfelt and surprisingly funny biography of a unique political couple. Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone and his wife Sheila changed politics forever by making government mailer to ordinary people. The Wel... more »lstones died in an airplane crash eleven days before the 2002 election, along with their daughter Marcia and five others. The dramatic electoral nightmare that followed compounded the tragedy. The film documents the magnitude of the loss and also hints at how the void they left is being filled.
The documentaiy uses rare home video and archival footage to illustrate Paul's path from radical college professor to much-loved populist whose reach extended far beyond Minnesota. The film ensures that in death as in life, the Wellstones will compel people to examine their own participation in democracy.« less