{news} Run, Granny, Run on HBO 10/18

[David Bedell]

If you have access to HBO, tonight (Oct 18) at 9:00 is the premiere of "Run,
Granny, Run," a documentary about Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who ran for US
Senate in New Hampshire at the age of 94, a few years after having walked
across country to raise awareness about the need for campaign finance
reform.  Here's the blurb from the film's website http://www.grannyd.com:

Doris "Granny D" Haddock is the nation's oldest political newcomer. A former
housewife and office assistant, Doris was happily retired for over twenty
years-but when her husband died, she needed a reason to live. So at the age
of 90, she laced up her sneakers and walked across America to rally against
the influence of big money in elections. Her epic journey galvanized popular
attention to a political system gone awry, but for Doris the walk was a warm
up.

Now 94 and still fed up with politics as usual, she jumps at an unexpected
chance to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Judd Gregg (an intellectual
sparring partner of George W. Bush). With just four months until Election
Day, this great-grandmother of sixteen faces a series of challenges that
would be daunting for a candidate of any age. Doris and her motley crew of
political aces and amateurs work against all odds and craft a feisty
campaign that personifies her democratic ideals of a government of, by and
for the people.

A tale of doggedness versus dollars, grit against greenbacks, RUN GRANNY RUN
is an unlikely portrait of a remarkable activist and an exploration of our
fragile democracy in the corporate age.