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Grant Cogswell (born October 24, 1967) is an American screenwriter, independent film producer journalist, poet, and political activist.
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Grant Cogswell (born October 24, 1967) is an American screenwriter, independent film producer journalist, poet, and political activist.
Cogswell coauthored the Seattle Monorail Initiative, a proposal to build a citywide monorail transit system, which was voted into law in November 1997. The agency created by the law survived four challenges at the ballot; a fifth and final challenge (2005) was successful in defeating the project after questions were raised about the financing of the $1.7 billion plan.
In 2001, Cogswell campaigned for a seat on the Seattle City Council against incumbent Richard McIver. Though at the outset the chances of success were rated low by the media, Cogswell was recognized as a legitimate challenger, but his hopes were dashed by the occurrence of the primary election just seven days after the September 11 attacks.[ citation needed ]
He co-founded the People's Waterfront Coalition with architect Cary Moon in 2004, intending to fight the proposed replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a new freeway. [1]
Cogswell entered the movie business himself in 2005 after writing a feature-length screenplay, Cthulhu , based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Starring Tori Spelling, the film appeared in limited theatrical release in the U.S. in 2008 and is available on DVD.
Cogswell relocated to Mexico City in 2006, where he founded Under the Volcano Books, an English-language bookstore.
In 2005, Cogswell's campaign manager in the race, Phil Campbell, published an account of the campaign, Zioncheck for President: A True Story of Idealism and Madness in American Politics, published by Nation Books. The book's original title came from a book-length poem Cogswell was writing at the time of the election, which was an elegy for Seattle congressman Marion Zioncheck, who committed suicide in 1936.
Film rights to the book were purchased by producer/director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and production began on his adaptation under the title Grassroots in June 2010. The film stars Joel David Moore as Cogswell, Jason Biggs as Campbell, and Cedric the Entertainer as Cogswell's opponent. The film premiered as the closing night feature at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 10, 2012. [2]
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 until his death. He represented Washington's 1st congressional district as a Democrat.
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Charles Tonderai Mudede is a Zimbabwean writer, filmmaker, and leftwing cultural critic. Though born in Kwekwe, he spent much of his childhood in the United States, and returned to Zimbabwe shortly after independence. Between 1982 and 1988, his mother, Tracy Mudede, was a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, and his father, Ebenezer Mudede, was an economist for the Zimbabwe government. Between 1990 and 2001, his father worked as an economist for the Botswana government and his mother lectured at the University of Botswana. In 1989, he moved to the US to study literature, art history, and political philosophy. His parents moved to the US from Botswana in 2002 for medical reasons. The Mudedes are Manicas and were once close to Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa, the prime minister of the short-lived coalition government called Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979–1980).
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