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“What’s She Gonna Do, Sue Her Daughter?”: Alexandra Pelosi Shows the World What It’s Like to Be Nancy Pelosi
Alexandra Pelosi has filmed her mom at work as the Democratic leader and House Speaker for three decades. She wants it to be a civics lesson on one of the most legendary leaders in American history: “I didn’t make this movie for Washington,” she tells Vanity Fair.
By Charlotte Klein
December 12, 2022
Nancy Pelosi has not seen her daughter’s new documentary about her. In fact, documentarian Alexandra Pelosi says she never actually asked the outgoing Speaker of the House for permission to film her. “This is not authorized,” Alexandra tells me over Zoom from New York City. “She never signed a release.” She adds, “As somebody who beautifully crafted her own career, I’m sure it’s gonna be very difficult for her to watch how she looks to her own daughter…. What’s she gonna do, sue her daughter? She’s not gonna sue me.”
“I hope. I hope.”
Alexandra has been chronicling Washington and politics for years. Pelosi in the House—Alexandra’s 14th documentary film for HBO, to be released December 13—follows her mom over the course of three decades, from Nancy’s historic election as first female Speaker in 2007 to counting votes for the Affordable Care Act and drawing up the articles for Donald Trump’s first, and then second, impeachment. Some of Alexandra’s exclusive footage has already been seen. She was with Nancy on January 6 as rioters ransacked the capitol. The jarring footage from that day, where Nancy is seen taking calls with high-ranking officials while hiding somewhere on Capitol Hill, aired on CNN and at the January 6 committee hearing back in October.
Nancy announced last month she would be stepping down from her leadership position in January, but would remain in Congress as Democrats transition back to the minority. “I think it’s a good civics lesson if nothing else,” says Alexandra—one that “would be in Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell’s interest to watch.”
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Alexandra talks about the evolution of this yearslong project, why her mother stepping down was “the best day of my life,” the attack on her father, Paul Pelosi, and more. “I didn’t make this movie for Washington,” she tells me. “I think it will have a real shelf life as an educational tool for generations of people who have never been in a Speaker’s office. That’s what I’m hoping for this film.”
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
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