The movie by the name Run Granny Run was produced by Marlo Poras in the year 2009. Run Granny Run’s movie centers around a 94-year-old granny born by the name Doris Haddock in 1910 but later changed her middle name to Granny D through a court redress. Granny D was a political activist who emerged as the oldest candidate to contest for the U.S. Senate seat at the age of 94 years. She contested unsuccessfully for the New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat on a democratic ticket against a Republican Judd Gregg in the year 2004. She managed to drive her campaigns; despite the hurdles, she encountered like repressive government agencies a good example being the police.
In this movie, Granny D emerges as a strong lady who could not be deterred by her age to drive her message to the American population. Granny D could not sit back as a patriotic citizen to see the United States politics influenced by money during election campaigns instead of being based on ideologies and transparency where people should be allowed to elect a candidate of their choice without any influence. Granny D believed in the government of the people, by the people, and for the people (Poras, “Run Granny run”). The Granny emerges as a pillar of hope and strength in this video where other citizens should learn from her determination and courage.
Granny D saw her advocacy for campaign finance reform as a success because she achieved it by creating awareness to the entire United States population where she got mass support. Her campaign also proved that money is not all that is needed to drive a message across the people, but it’s the strategy taken and determination that matters.
Works Cited
Poras, Marlo. “Run Granny Run.” Hulu Movies, 1999. Web.