Our Occupation - Documentary

The Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media Presents
OUR OCCUPATION, a documentary short created by Kit Larson, Samuel Levin, Barry O'Brien, and Satchel Yancey-Siegel.

This documentary short reveals the strong community within the occupy camps while exploring the roots of the 1960's free speech movement that proved that using one's right to assemble was an effective form of protest. This film provides an alternate perspective of the movement, not shown in the media, through the eyes of four high school students.
We are a group of four high school students enrolled into the Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media (AIM) program at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. A program that incorporates the creation of documentary films into the curriculum.

This is a non-profit film that could not have had the same production quality with out the assistance from all of our backers (listed alphabetically in the final credits) through kickstarter.com. http://kck.st/rBPW32 Once again we would like to thank you for all of your generous support.

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[lesliekorshak]

... interesting the ratio of 'contributors' to stock footage sources... er, make that; source...

[kitlarson]

@lesliekorshak This project was funded by backers on a website called Kickstarter. The contributors are people who donated to the project.

[kroashentdall]

Great Editing.... BUT You guys missed the point, Leaders can be detained, disputed, deposited, or discouraged.. Issues can have answers thrown at them without any actual solutions taking place. This is not the 60's, and this protest is not just here, its global. You know who states that we are not doing it right? The ones who accept misinformation and the one who spread it because they are afraid of it. What I'm conveying is even emulated at the end of your video. People for the people.

[kitlarson]

@kroashentdall we are neither for or against that the occupy movement does not have a leader. It was an interesting observation that helped reveal how the occupy community works together to make decision (such as staying or moving to 16th and Mission St.) without a leader that speaks for the group.

[TheSatchelys]

@kroashentdall I would just like to add that we made this documentary for a program we are a part of in school. Our focus was how the community of the 99 percent plays its roll in the movement. We are not saying it is the 60's. We use the Free Speech Movement as a comparison to highlight what works and doesn't work as much in the Occupy Movement. We did not make this documentary about every movement around the world because our assignment limited us to find a local issue.

[kitlarson]

Thank you for clarifying @TheSatchelys

[wiecek13]

so just curious am i the only libertarian watching this

[ipodcastdoyou]

greed better run

[kitlarson]

@MayaMediated well, anyway, it provided a perfect situation in where the community had to make a decision. Weather there was a deal or not, it helped enhance our story. And as you saw, there was quite some talk about it throughout the camp.

[MayaMediated]

Actually, the mayor's offer was never real. His offer was full of contradictions and all kinds of errors. He just wanted to convince people that he was serious about the offer, then, while we were in negotiation, he had the police raid us. It was always a lie.