▁several ▁historical ▁examples ▁of ▁ger ry m and ering , ▁including ▁New ▁York ▁State ▁Assembly man ▁H ake em ▁Jeff ries ▁district ▁being ▁red ra wn ▁by ▁the ▁inc umb ent ▁so ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁w age ▁an ▁elect oral ▁challenge ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁a ▁resident . ▁ ▁The ▁document ary ▁also ▁expl ores ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Texas ▁red istrict ing , ▁when ▁Represent ative ▁Tom ▁De L ay ▁and ▁G ov . ▁Rick ▁Perry , ▁both ▁Republic ans , ▁sought ▁to ▁red raw ▁the ▁map ▁of ▁the ▁state ’ s ▁Cong r essional ▁districts ▁to ▁favor ▁Republic ans . ▁As ▁they ▁lack ed ▁the ▁votes ▁to ▁stop ▁the ▁legisl ation , ▁ 5 2 ▁Democr ats ▁from ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁fled ▁to ▁Oklahoma ▁to ▁prevent ▁a ▁qu orum . ▁However , ▁when ▁they ▁returned , ▁Mr . ▁De L ay ▁ultimately ▁got ▁the ▁legisl ation ▁needed ▁to ▁red raw ▁the ▁districts ▁passed . ▁ ▁App ear ances ▁Ger ry m and ering ▁draw s ▁on ▁the ▁pers pect ives ▁from ▁different ▁individuals , ▁rep or ters , ▁p und its ▁and ▁polit icians ▁including ▁Arnold ▁Schwar zen eg ger , ▁Howard ▁Dean , ▁Bob ▁Graham , ▁L ani ▁Gu iner , ▁Ed ▁Roll ins , ▁John ▁Fund , ▁Ger ald ▁He bert ▁and ▁Susan ▁L erner , ▁and ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁less er - known ▁personal ities . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁On ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 4