Occupy: On the Road to Meet America
by Fintan Dunne 28 April 2014. Act 1, Scene 1: Cue award-winning filmmaker Jon Jost , who in 2013, at the age of 71 - had thrown in the towel on his internationally famous #indie film career. Not because of his age, but rather due to today's corporate, dust-bowl climate for independent films. So sad. [ But wait! Enter #Occupy, stage left.... ] Act 1, Scene 2: Enter a 'Dynamic Duo' of Occupy stalwarts and film enthusiasts who prevail on Jon to restart his "Grassroots-America-Style" film, PLAIN SONGS . They both pledged to come on board and help Jon to complete the project. LISTEN : Audio Interview with Filmmakers The duo are Daniel Levine (r.), a 2nd-day OWS participant and who wrote a book (Every Time I Check My Messages Somebody Thinks I’m Dead: A Memoir of Occupy Wall Street) about his experience, and his friend Brian Spellman (l.). As Jon says : "They will be heading out themselves to travel par...