“Un-Natural State,” screening at Filmfest DC, explains a fact 78 percent of Americans don’t believe: D.C. residents do not have a representative in Congress voting on their behalf.
“Outside of the District, people wonder why we care about this,” said D.C. resident and director of “Un-Natural State” Kirk Mangels. “But when you ask them what has your representative done for you, and they answer this or that, I say, ‘Well we don’t have that.’ That seems to be the trick to get people to understand. Otherwise, it’s like trying to prove a negative.”
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