Waking the Sleeping Giant:
The Making of a Political Revolution
A story at the intersection of race, economics, politics, and the effort to build a re-energized progressive movement. Waking the Sleeping Giant makes sense of this singular moment in American politics and grapples with the urgent question of "where do we go from here?”
Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution is the story of the attempt to build a 21st century progressive movement in the United States.
Five remarkable individuals wrestle with persistent racial injustice, growing economic inequality, and the corrupting influence of money in politics that are shaping this extraordinary political moment.
From the presidential campaign trail with Senator Bernie Sanders to a local political race in the failing economy of rural West Virginia, from a mass sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps to Black Lives Matter and racially charged police commission hearings in Los Angeles, Waking the Sleeping Giant makes sense of this singular moment in American politics, probing the widespread and growing discontent across the country, Donald Trump’s dramatic electoral victory, and the challenges ahead for those hoping to build a reenergized progressive movement.
We are proud to have partnered with the award-winning filmmakers at Bright Blue EcoMedia to make this film!
