Recent Press

  • “‘Surge’ Documentary Explores the 2018 Midterm Elections” Katie Couric for Medium 10/2020

  • “Documenting the ‘Surge’ of Female Congressional Candidates” Jewish Insider 10/2020

  • “You Cannot Tell a Political Story in this Moment Without Foregrounding Race and Gender: A New Wave of Politics Documentaries is Revolutionizing the Genre” Vanity Fair 9/2020

  • “Showtime’s “Surge” How Good Documentaries Explain the World to Us in this Revolutionary Moment” Baltimore Sun 9/2020

  • “Hannah Rosenzweig & Wendy Sachs on “Surge” & Why We Should Tell [Many] Stories About Women in Politics” Women and Hollywood 9/2020

  • SURGE Dirs Hannah Rosenzweig & Wendy Sachs with Lauren Underwood on MSNBC’s Morning Joe! 9/2020

  • “Make sure you watch ‘Surge,’ a documentary detailing Rep Lauren Underwood’s historic 2018 victory” Daily Kos, 9/2020

  • “Want proof the resistance will last? Meet the 33 yr-old former nurse turned House Democrat” in Washington Monthly, 9/2020

  • “‘Surge’ Executive Producer Alyssa Milano Hopes ‘Young Women Will Be Inspired’ by Political Documentary” New York Daily News 9/2020

  • “New Movies to Stream this Week: ‘The Social Dilemma’, ‘Surge’ and more” Washington Post 9/2020

  • “With Very Uncertain Days Ahead ‘Surge’ Strikes a Note of Common Sense and Optimism” Screencomment 9/2020

  • “Behind the Scenes: SURGE follows 2018 wave of women candidates” in Roll Call, 9/2020

  • SHOWTIME acquires SURGE!!! SURGE will premiere on SHOxBET on September 8 @ 9pm. Check out the Deadline piece!

  • “SURGE will premiere on Showtime’s SHOxBET channel” Women and Hollywood, 8/2020

  • Lauren Underwood and SURGE film featured in Refinery29, 5/2020

  • Lauren Underwood featured in Time on racial inequality during the covid 19 pandemic, 4/2020

  • Alyssa Milano Exec Producing “SURGE,” Doc About Women Candidates in 2018 Midterms, Women & Hollywood, 3/2020

  • Liz Watson article for The Hill, Vote at Home Saves Lives, 3/2020

  • SURGE featured in Extending the Female Political Pipeline Through Film, Washington Monthly, 3/2020

  • SURGE featured in GirlTalkHQ’s FEMINIST FRIDAY: The Stories Of Black Women During #BlackHistoryMonth, 2/2020

  • SURGE featured in a recent FORBES piece: “Was It A Blip? A Year After The Historic Midterms, Is The Surge Of Women Running For Office Over?” on 11/4/19

  • SURGE mentioned in Chicago Sun Times piece on Lauren Underwood on 1/3/19

  • SURGE featured in an article on Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland on 11/14/18

  • SURGE clip with Lauren Underwood shared by Ava DuVernay @ava on 11/08/18

  • SURGE trailer played on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show at min 9:20 on 11/7/18

  • SURGE mentioned in Forbes article on 11/4/18

  • SURGE shared by Rachel Maddow @maddow on 10/30/18

  • SURGE featured in a McClatchy piece on 9/1/17