Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08 (2009)

Directed by

Chris Strouth

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary pieces together footage from many different people who filmed the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul. It shows the event from a mix of viewpoints.

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What happens

Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08 is a documentary directed by Minneapolis artist Chris Strouth about the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. The film edits together a wide variety of film and video shot by dozens of independent journalists and citizen videographers with divergent political viewpoints, compiling a mosaic of perspectives on the four days of the convention. It was produced by Alternavision Films, a California production company specializing in political documentaries. Unconvention was one of eight full-length features chosen to debut as part of the "Minnesota Made" series at the 2009 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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