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The Hidden Vote

Muslims for Trump, Navajo coal advocates, gun-owning LGBT activists – what do they all have in common? They are all minorities in their own communities, confounding commonly held beliefs about identity politics. The Hidden Vote is a documentary series that challenges widespread assumptions of how many Americans choose their elected officials in the age of Trump.

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Indie Lens Storycast

Premiere Date

October 8, 2018

Length

41:33 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production, Development

Ben Rekhi

Producer/Director

Ben Rekhi is an award-winning filmmaker of mixed Indian and American descent. After working with the Coen bros. in the camera department of O Brother, Where Art Thou? Rekhi was hired by George Clooney to shoot the behind the scenes for his directorial debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Rekhi went on to produce the Spirit Award-nominated feature film Bomb the System, direct the SXSW Audience Award winner Waterborne and write the English Dialogues for Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan in the Bollywood film Teen Patti. Rekhi’s second feature as director The Ashram stars Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo, and he is currently in post-production on his third feature Maria, a crime thriller set against the drug wars in the Philippines.

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Adithya Sambamurthy

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Adithya Sambamurthy is a self-shooting producer and director, newly relocated to London from California. Over the past 15 years, he has worked on television documentaries, investigative news magazine segments, web series, and a number of independent productions. Along the way, he’s won an Emmy, been nominated three times, and shared in a Peabody award.