Michelle MacLaren Quotes
Would I like to do a feature? Absolutely.
Rochlin, Margy. "The Dark Side." DGA Quarterly, Directors Guild of America, Fall 2013.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was bitterly opposed in the senate by Southerners who had filibustered continuously. After months of debate a critical cloture vote was taken against a Senate tradition which had never voted cloture on a civil rights filibuster. Every vote was critical. Senator Engle was dying from a brain tumor, and could not walk or speak. When the vote for cloture was taken, Engle was wheeled into the Senate chamber, and in what may have been the most eloquent, poignant, creative vote in Senate history, pointed to his eyes. The vote was recorded as:. The Aye's narrowly won. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law.
Michelle Maxwell MacLaren is a Canadian television director and producer. She has directed episodes of The X-Files, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Westworld.
