Although the four women featured in Rachel Lears’ documentary Knock Down the House are all Democrats, it’s not really a Democrat-vs-Republican movie. It assumes you share the liberal viewpoints of its subjects and then moves not to a battle on the political spectrum, but a larger fight of insurgents versus the establishment. Lears’ taps into the zeitgeist by showing people who feel that the system no longer works for them, and that it’s run by lobbyists and special interests that shut out the working class. Although Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the “star” of Knock Down the …

Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming documentary Knock Down the House, which chronicles the campaigns of four women who ran for office during the 2018 midterm elections. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is probably the most well-known of the group, as the Bronx native famously unseated an incumbent for the U.S. House of Representatives. But the film also covers the campaigns of Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin. It’s no coincidence that the film’s focus is on not just women, but women who had no designs to become career politicians. Indeed, Knock Down …