Unconvention

Unconvention premire Q&A

Fri, 01 May 2009 17:47:29 +0000

well the premire at M-spiff sold out, with many unable to get in. (hopefully there will be another screening in the near future in MPLS). The Q&A was quite lively, and thanks to David DeYoung of HowWasThe Show.Com we have video

Click here to view the embedded video.

Unconvention on MPR!

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:55:06 +0000

Very cool piece on the film and me on MPR. With a chockload of extras including my favorite:How McCain and Palin compare to Neil Diamond

Cool new press!

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:04:21 +0000

Great article on the film

From The Minnesota Daily

BY Tony Libera

It has now been more than seven months since the 2008 Republican National Convention came to its resounding end. The events of those four intense days continue to play out, yet many have already forgotten what exactly transpired. In his first political documentary, “Unconvention,” local director Chris Strouth combats this widespread amnesia by exhibiting a broad collection of interviews and firsthand accounts of both the order of the convention and the mayhem on the streets. The result is an engaging, at times terrifying, record of the 2008 RNC.

What sets the film apart is the style in which it is presented. Strouth doesn’t attempt an all-encompassing narrative; he doesn’t even make a political statement. Instead, he simply tells the story through the filmed experiences of journalists from a variety of political and social backgrounds. These ranging perspectives help tell all sides of the story, and while no film is free of bias, “Unconvention” certainly takes a crack at complete objectivity.

The Wisconsin Premiere!

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:39:33 +0000

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Sat. May 2nd 7:30 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.)

Premire screening @ MSpiff

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:33:49 +0000

Unconvention will get its premiere screening at the 27 annual Minneapolis-St.Paul International Film Festival at the St. Anthony Main Theater Sunday April 26 5:15pm

You can buy tickets here ahead of time,here. There is a good chance that it will sell out so get’em now.

Better safe then sorry!

Unconvention to go to MSPIFF

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Just heard , we are going to have our premire at the 27th Annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival! Apr. 16 through Apr. 30.

More details to be posted as we get them

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:56:56 +0000

Political party conventions are not known for being memorable, except of course when they are. ’68 ring a bell? For four days in September of 2008 the Republicans took over the sleepy city of Saint Paul and it became, in a very real sense, a battleground. Smoke bombs, percussion grenades, pepper spray and journalist arrests bid for attention with Policy , Palin and McCain. Unconvention is a film about all of this, told through the eyes of the media. Ultra-Conservative, Ultra- Liberal and everything in between. This is an abstract portrait of a very concrete process, remixed into a new linear whole. A collective process to tell a collective story.