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Your Vote Counts (2:11)

"Your Vote Counts" will be an extended PSA, but told in a narrative style with a beginning, middle and end. On the eve o...

Don't Duck the Issues (0:32)

Interviews with geese may be an odd way to explain why humans should vote, but on many levels, this is a useful metaphor. Unlike t...

No Americans Allowed (0:27)

A FILM BY AN AMERICAN ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS WITHOUT AN AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW With the presidential campaign underway, every...

Taxation without Representation; There's NO DEMOCRACY in D.C. (4:02)

Two hundred nineteen years ago Washington, D.C. was established as our nation's capitol. The only way all the states would a...

READY OR NOT? (1:35)

WHAT: Ready or Not ? a documentary film, focuses on New Yorker's views about the two contenders for the Democratic Party Pre...

Gino's Market (3:39)

Along the Delaware River, on the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in the town of Phillipsburg, there is a small grocery stor...

Dear Future President, (1:10)

Dear Future President, is a short documentary based on interviews with elementary school children in the nations capital. This sh...

Why I Stopped Voting (1:39)

"Choose or Lose," MTV told millions of young people, when I was a young person in the 90s. It must have worked, because...

Losing the Right to Vote (3:10)

Google "felony, vote" and the first link that appears leads you to The Sentencing Project, an advocacy organization with...

It's Not Easy Being Blue (11:37)

Guadalupe County, Texas is right in the middle of a very red state. The formerly rural community is becoming suburban in parts an...

Minority POV: Homeless (3:02)

I´d like to raise up the voices of a minority group, homeless Americans, who are sometimes spoken of this election season but not...

What makes a person seek an elective office? (2:33)

Using still photography, radio talk show sound bites, and video, I’d like to craft a film that explores what makes a person deci...

Politics 2.0 – The Fate of the 2008 Presidential Race in an Interconnected World (2:42)

I’d like to do a film about how the American public is using the Internet to transform politics. In recent years we have seen t...

Ocracoke Island: Voices from the Edge of America (16:34)

"Middle America" seems to be on everyone's mind in this election. Which candidate can capture the heart of the Hea...

Elect for Change (3:25)

I want to interview American's of all walks of life and all socio- economic backgrounds on why they want to vote and what the...

Running with Rashida (2:08)

Meet Rashida Tlaib. Rashida lives in one of the largest Arab-American communities in the United States, just outside of Detroit. A...

LEVER (1:00)

My mother likes to tell the story of the first time she used a mechanical voting machine. It was the 1960’s and her young family...

American Run Around (2:54)

This submission is a unique look at the American voters opinion or at least how I have observed it among my friends in the past ye...

Don't Get Mad, Run for Office! (3:34)

Justin Alfond, a 29 year old former professional golfer from Dexter, Maine who is currently locked in a tight race for State Senat...

When the Curtain Falls (1:36)

Almost each and every day now we see a new aftershock of America’s housing meltdown: the empty houses, the record setting bank ...

Faith and Circumstance (1:06)

The separation of church and state is a corner stone value of the United States of America, but completely separating church and s...

Rules For The Electorate Spoken (and Unspoken) (5:25)

Fueled by the tension of opposites dominating our country -- a country more polarized than ever -- we offer an analog snapshot of ...

Democracy or Republic? (6:27)

Democracy or Republic? The majority of people believe that we live in a democracy, when actually we live in a republic. That doesn...

Declaration of Policy (1:18)

Our election story plays out in the lively streets and engaging schools of Tucson, Arizona, a political story with national resona...

Race 2008 (3:24)

RACE has been a central issue in the media coverage of the 2008 presidential election. What has received far less attention in th...

Far Away So Close (4:01)

In the past months, while researching abroad in Bosnia Herzegovina, I have gained a fresh perspective and appreciation for our pol...

08 Race (1:45)

“08 Race” is an adrenalin-soaked action sequence following the pack of presidential candidates through car chases, fight scene...

Republican Dad (3:49)

In November of 1968, my father cast his first vote in a Presidential Election for Democrat Hubert Humphrey. That same year, he joi...

Through the Eyes of a Child (0:32)

THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD GOAL "I'm not asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real chan...

Seriously GREEN: Kat Swift, Presidential Candidate (4:17)

Running for President is a daunting task. Now try running for President with no money, limited media access, constant struggles to...