Mr. Cao Goes to Washington

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What happens when the naivete of a political rookie clashes with the realities of racial and partisan politics of the South? This film is a character study of Congressman Joseph Cao, a Vietnamese American Republican elected by surprise in an African American Democratic district in New Orleans. Will Cao make it through his term with his idealism intact?

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
1/4/2013
11 p.m.
1/6/2013
6 a.m.
5/11/2015
6 p.m.
5/12/2015
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