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19th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival Coverage – 11/4/08 Participatory Doc
11/4/08 – Obama/McCain Presidential Election Day, a date declared historic well before it ever happened. Director Jeff Deutchman commissioned friends across the globe to contribute to this unique living document by asking them to film the chatter, the atmosphere, the last minute voting push, the skepticism, the hope, the celebration, the feelings and reactions of people around the world on this day. At Monday’s Penn Bookstore Cafe Cinema discussion they used this film as an example of Omnibus filmmaking. Deutchman didn’t set a shooting schedule, or location shots, I don’t believe he shot any of the footage, although that would have been a good question for the Q & A…
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A New Dawn in America – President Barack Obama
I’m grateful to see this day! Although I didn’t realize I would be so moved. In the primary, I voted for Hillary and reserved my judgement regarding Obama. Then as the election campaigning and debating progressed, I began to admired his calm, poise, confidence and elegance, all things our President should be. Eventually, I came to realize and embraced the importance of his multi-culturalism (white, black, muslim ties, african, hawaiian, indonesian…) which means finally our Country will be represented by “Our Country”. And then what really got me, was thinking about Michelle Obama, a dark-skinned, black woman being our First Lady! I have pictured myself owning an English Country Estate,…
