Stephen Marshall's political drama was shot against the backdrop of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, in homage to Haskell Wexler's MEDIUM COOL (1969). A groundbreaking mix of scripted material interspersed with real-life events that unfolded around the 1968 Democratic National Convention (including shocking footage of Chicago police violence against student and counterculture protesters), Wexler's film was as much an essay on the mature of political involvement and the role of the media in mediating public discourse as a political statement. In New York, actors Dawson and Vija Brigita Grosgalvis were arrested while shooting a scene against th...
Released:
2005
Rated:
NR
Length:
95 mins