Log in
No Time to Fail

No Time to Fail

Election workers are ground zero for democracy.

2022 · 90 min · ★ 2.0 · Documentary

Amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President and the deadly threat of a global pandemic, local election administrators work around the clock to secure the vote for their community. Rhode Island’s election teams take center stage in this unprecedented voting adventure.

Directed by Margo Guernsey

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

Rent or Buy

Amazon Video

Make it a double feature

3h 45m together

No Time to Fail

49 Up

A close match in mood and era.

More from Margo GuernseySee all →

The OfficialsThe Officials · 2024
The Officials
★ 10.02024
MovieDocumentary
US election officials in rural and urban jurisdictions of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work as they prepare for the contentious 2024 contest.
The Philadelphia ElevenThe Philadelphia Eleven · 2023
The Philadelphia Eleven
2023
MovieDocumentary
In an act of civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, some lose friends, and others are banned from stepping on church property.
CouncilwomanCouncilwoman · 2019
Councilwoman
2019
MovieDocumentary
Carmen Castillo, a Dominican hotel housekeeper in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, has won an election to the City Council. Now she must manage her day job cleaning hotel rooms, while advocating for low-income workers as a rookie politician.

More Like This

49 Up49 Up · 2006
49 Up
★ 7.42006
MovieDocumentary
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter