The Hill (TV series)
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The Hill is a documentary series on the Sundance Channel. In the show Florida
Congressman Robert Wexler
opens his office doors to the cameras to expose the heated matters facing his constituents today. Directed by filmmaker and former Capitol Hill speechwriter and legislative aide Ivy Meeropol
(granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg), and produced by Roland Park Pictures
, The Hill showcases Wexler’s conflicts both with the opposition and with his own political party on such charged issues as social security
, prescription drugs, Medicare
, Hurricane Katrina
, and the war in Iraq.
Season one premiered on August 23, 2006.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
Congressman Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...
opens his office doors to the cameras to expose the heated matters facing his constituents today. Directed by filmmaker and former Capitol Hill speechwriter and legislative aide Ivy Meeropol
Ivy Meeropol
Ivy Meeropol is the director and producer of the 2004 documentary Heir to an Execution. She is the daughter of Michael Meeropol and Ann Karus Meeropol and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and adoptive granddaughter of Abel Meeropol author of "Strange Fruit" and "The House I Live In"...
(granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg), and produced by Roland Park Pictures
Roland Park Pictures
Roland Park Pictures, Inc. is an independent production company founded by filmmakers Elizabeth Holder and Xan Parker. Roland Park Pictures develops and produces fiction and nonfiction films, frequently working with outside talent on features, television series, corporate media, and DVDs...
, The Hill showcases Wexler’s conflicts both with the opposition and with his own political party on such charged issues as social security
Social security
Social security is primarily a social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others. Social security may refer to:...
, prescription drugs, Medicare
Medicare (United States)
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over; to those who are under 65 and are permanently physically disabled or who have a congenital physical disability; or to those who meet other...
, Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, and the war in Iraq.
Season one premiered on August 23, 2006.