His parents were in prison for bombing the Capitol. Then he became DA.
Chesa Boudin’s journey from son of imprisoned Weather Underground activists to DA fighting to reform the justice system.
Direction
Greenwald lets Chesa talk himself into corners, fascinatingly.
Writing
Unpacks 'defund' rhetoric without the Twitter thread simplification.
Director
Robert Greenwald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chesa was named after Zayd Shakur, killed alongside Tupac's godmother Assata Shakur in 1973. The radical naming conventions run deep.
The 2022 recall made Chesa briefly national news; this doc feels rushed to capitalize, missing the full post-recall reckoning. LIGHT spoiler: his political career didn't end there.
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