The Cinemocracy short film competition encourages anyone and everyone to submit short films about what democracy means to them. You can submit films – as well as view and judge the entries – online at www.cinemocracy.org. The top 25 videos, as determined through public online voting, will be screened publicly during Convention week and the winning film will be featured at the 31st Starz Denver Film Festival.
America: Live and In Person is a like a multi-media open mic night, inviting people to share personal stories of what America means to them through art, dance, music, drama, writing, technology, service projects and more. Submissions will be viewable online for the public to enjoy and judge…and winning entries will be part of an exhibit at the Convention that will also travel through the Rocky Mountain West.
Both America: Live & In Person and Cinemocracy present innovative and interactive ways to participate in the Convention festivities…as a contributor or a spectator. We encourage people throughout America to contribute their voices and creativity to this national conversation.
Just remember: entries for both Cinemocracy and America: Live and In Person are
due by July 15, 2008, so please – get those cameras and keyboards rolling.
Let this convention show what this great land can be for all people .
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p>Best wishes, Your Honor.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor! I love it – this is great outreach!
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p>OK gang, who wants to collaborate on an entry? I can do voice-overs like Mr. Moviefone, I have a video camera and some training from Connecticut School of Broadcasting – let’s do something! I even have a couple of ideas for parody commercials already – I’ll start writing a script…
I had the chance to meet him before he became Mayor of Denver, as he traveled around the country to meet with city officials to talk about the job of mayor and what it was like. At the time, he was a successful brew pub owner but was engaged in a number of community projects. A friend with the National Civic League in Denver asked me to help him get a meeting with Mayor Menino as part of his travels, and the two had a good hour-long chat. He is very down to earth and always recalls this meeting when we meet up.
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p>Denver is also a terrific city. Was there for the US Conference of Mayors in 2003, I believe and the World Series (ta da!) in 2007. Denver and Boston were runners up in 2000 to Los Angeles for the Democratic National Convention and both “teams” working on the pitch to the DNC got to know each other pretty well as friendly competitors (LA was the real adversary that year, ironically). I have no doubt that they will be great hosts!