We’re pleased to announce that CONVENTION will have its World Premiere as the Centerpiece Screening at the AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival on June 17 in Silver Spring, MD, just outside of Washington DC. Most of the creative team and many of the subjects of the film will be in attendance for the World Premiere.
indieWIRE’s Brian Brooks has more.
Article originally from: IndieWire
“Convention”
by Brian Brooks (March 2, 2009)
Director AJ Schnack (right) previewed about 25 minutes of the latest project he’s spearheading, “Convention,” over the weekend at the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, MO. The doc, which was filmed by a group of directors, takes a look at the ins and outs of the Democratic Convention which took place last summer in Denver, CO. The ambitious film is an ode to some of the earlier work of the Maysles brothers and Pennebaker, capturing a large swath of the tremendous undertaking of the convention in the city. Following the screening, Schnack, along with producer Britta Erickson (executive director of the Denver Film Festival), producer and editor Nate Truesdell (left) along with T/F co-head and filmmaker David Wilson (not pictured) answered questions and solicited comments from a large audience about the film, which is still in post-production.
Originally posted at: SpoutBlog
On Sunday at True/False, filmmaker/blogger AJ Schnack screened the first thirty minutes of Convention, his verite-style film documenting the 2008 Democratic National Convention with an eye on the Denver locals (politicians, city administrators, journalists, protesters) who were in the mix. (more…)
DISPATCH FROM DENVER | Filmmakers Descend Upon DNC: Schnack’s “Convention” Unites Top Doc Directors; Hickenlooper Shoots “Mayor”; Norton Tracks Obama
Originally Posted at: IndieWire
Alongside the thousands of journalists reporting on the Democratic National Convention here in Denver, teams of filmmakers have been fanning out across the city to tell stories that might otherwise be overlooked. AJ Schnack(”Kurt Cobain About a Son”) has tapped a cadre of acclaimed indie filmmakers to shoot a feature doc about the convention. (more…)
