Surge

Surge is an 2020 American documentary film. It follows the 2018 congressional campaigns of Jana Sanchez, Liz Watson, and Lauren Underwood. Alyssa Milano served as the executive producer. The film premiered on Showtime on September 8, 2020. Synopsis The film follows the congressional campaigns of three women: Jana Sanchez (Texas's 6th congressional district) Lauren Underwood (Illinois's 14th congressional district) Liz Watson (Indiana's 9th congressional district) While Sanchez and Watson end up losing their general elections, Underwood is elected. Production Roll Call reported that Sachs "said the film intentionally featured women running to flip GOP-held seats," and Rosenweig hoped the film will "help galvanize voters and support women up and down the ballot" in 2020. Sachs told Jewish Insider that "this movement is definitely not a moment… but we need to keep up the work," [...] "We need to continue moving forward, we need to continue the activism on the ground and having women run for office and having women support women running for office."