00:00The 2000 presidential election was a flashpoint event in American history that tested the integrity of our democratic system.
00:11On November 7th of that year, 100 million Americans voted for the 43rd president of the United States.
00:18But in an unexpected turn of events, the outcome hinged on the results in just one state, Florida.
00:25Florida became the battleground for the presidency of the United States.
00:30A battle fought between the Republican and Democratic parties in the struggle to capture the most powerful office in the world.
00:38The world was riveted by this political contest.
00:41The forensic media created a cloud of confusion as they scrambled to make sense of this event.
00:47Behind that cloud was a disturbing election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices.
00:54And sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate's brother.
01:00In an unprecedented decision by the Supreme Court, George W. Bush was declared the winner.
01:07But the matter was not settled in the minds of millions of Americans who felt that the outcome was a grave injustice to our nation's political system.
01:16The documentary you're about to see is a chronicle of what happened in Florida and the Chinese story of the undermining of democracy in America.
01:29The documentary you made was released by the Supreme Court in the United States.
01:54I am furious. They give me a ballot that's illegal. They put it on a machine that doesn't work.
02:14What is at stake is the integrity of our democracy, making sure that the will of the American people.
02:21Many people probably vote up for Buchanan, meaning to vote for Gore.
02:25What happens? Do we go to jail? Because I'm willing to go to jail.
