Braindead
By: produced by Kristin Bernstein, Peter Parnell, Jacquelyn Reingold ; written by Robert King, Michelle King, Larry Kaplow, Jonathan Tolins, Peter Parnell [and others] ; directed by Robert King, Jim McKay, Allan Arkush, Frederick E.O. Toye, Brooke Kennedy [and others]
Contributors: Winstead, Mary Elizabeth, actor; Pino, Danny, 1974- actor; Tveit, Aaron, actor
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Subjects: Drama; Extraterrestrial beings; United States. Congress; United States; Motion picture producers and directors
Other titles: Braindead (Television program). Season 1.
Description: When a struggling documentary filmmaker takes a job working with her brother, a senator in the United States Congress, she uncovers a conspiracy revealing that alien bugs are eating the brains of several lawmakers.
Notes: Wide screen 1.85:1.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James.

Originally broadcast on television in 2016.

TV rating: Not rated.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: The insanity principle : how extremism in politics is threatening democracy in the 21st century; title: Playing politics : living life in the shadow of the budget showdown-a critique; title: Goring oxes : how you can survive the war on government through five easy steps; title: Wake up grassroots : the nine virtues of participatory democracy, and how we can keep America great by encouraging an informed electorate; title: Back to work : a behind-the-scenes look at Congress and how it gets things done (and often doesn't); title: Notes toward a post-Reagan theory of party alliance, tribalist, and loyalty : past as prologue; title: The power of euphemism : how torture became a matter of debate in American politics; title: The path to war part one : the gathering political storm; title: Taking on water : how leaks in D.C. are discovered and patched; title: The path to war part two : the impact of propaganda on Congressional war votes; title: Six points on the new Congressional budget : the false dichotomy of austerity vs. expansionary policies; title: Talking points toward a wholistic view of activism in government : can the top rebel?; title: The end of all we hold dear : what happens when democracies fail: a brief synopsis.