In August, 2004, I went to New York with two amazing people, some AV gear, and lots of ideas. The Republican National Convention was coming to town, and there were going to be massive protests in the streets of New York. We wanted to talk to the dissenters who were going to be there on the street, and ask them why they were dissenting. After 10 days, I had more and better footage than I knew what to do with.
In the months after returning from New York, I began putting together a film. Progress was steady for quite some time, but eventually I hit “editor’s block”, didn’t have any B-Roll, and my day job(s) and numerous other side projects forced me to put the project on the backburner.
Years later, I’m finally able to get back to this project. I’m still as excited about it as I ever was. In fact, I love what has happened to online / distributed / do-it-yourself media since 2004, and the film is more relevant than ever to the political conversation in this country.
I’ll be writing a lot more about where I want this project to go and what other media I’ll be releasing here. For now, take a look at version one of the film, and let me know what you think.