When Daniel Robbins set out to make a reality television-like comedy about local elections in Manhattan, he knew his preferred candidate, Zack Weiner, for city council, would likely lose, but the film itself has been a runaway success.
In “Citizen Weiner,” Robbins follows Zack Weiner and his campaign staff as they collectively gun to defeat front-runner Gale Brewer in District 6 on the Upper West Side. Brewer has held the seat intermittently for 13 years.
