A Day in the life of OCCUPY Wall Street: a (r)evolution in democracy and consciousness.

Intimate portrayal of daily life,creative activities, & citizen activists of all ages & backgrounds voicing different concerns & grievances; determined to change the broken political, economic, & social system failing to meet the needs of the 99%.
Filmed mid-Oct.2011 in Liberty Square (aka Zuccotti Park)

We hope this 12 min educational documentary, will help raise awareness and provoke meaningful conversation.

OWSvideoproject will donate a DVD for educational use upon request.

Credits:
With Appreciation to all the concerned citizen and activists who appear in the film and helped to tell this OCCUPY story.
Camera(iPhone4): Barbara Green
Editor: Catherine Hollander
Contact us at: OWSvideoproject@gmai.com

A Day in the Life of Occupy Wall Street:a (r)evolution in democracy, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Please do not alter the content, but feel free to embed it or contact OWSvideoproject@gmai.com

OWS News....
NOVEMBER 15, 2011, 1:36 a.m. EST
You can't evict an idea whose time has come.
"A massive police force is presently evicting Liberty Square, home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country.

The raid started just after 1:00am. Supporters and allies are mobilizing throughout the city, presently converging at Foley Square. Supporters are also planning public actions for the coming days, including occupation actions.

Two months ago a few hundred New Yorkers set up an encampment at the doorstep of Wall Street. Since then, Occupy Wall Street has become a national and even international symbol — with similarly styled occupations popping up in cities and towns across America and around the world. The Occupy movement was inspired by similiar occupations and uprisings such as those during Arab Spring, and in Spain, Greece, Italy, France, and the UK.

A growing popular movement has significantly altered the national narrative about our economy, our democracy, and our future. Americans are talking about the consolidation of wealth and power in our society, and the stranglehold that the top 1% have over our political system. More and more Americans are seeing the crises of our economy and our democracy as systemic problems, that require collective action to remedy. More and more Americans are identifying as part of the 99%, and saying "enough!"

This burgeoning movement is more than a protest, more than an occupation, and more than any tactic. The "us" in the movement is far broader than those who are able to participate in physical occupation. The movement is everyone who sends supplies, everyone who talks to their friends and families about the underlying issues, everyone who takes some form of action to get involved in this civic process.

This moment is nothing short of America rediscovering the strength we hold when we come together as citizens to take action to address crises that impact us all.

Such a movement cannot be evicted. Some politicians may physically remove us from public spaces — our spaces — and, physically, they may succeed. But we are engaged in a battle over ideas. Our idea is that our political structures should serve us, the people — all of us, not just those who have amassed great wealth and power. We believe that is a highly popular idea, and that is why

"You cannot evict an idea whose time has come."

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• citizen activists
• occupy wall street
• occupy
• zuccotti Park
• liberty Square
• greed
• Protests
• human mic
• democracy deficit
• Activism
• Nonprofit
• Consciousness
• Community
• Democracy
• Human
• Rights

[OWSvideoproject]

An official selection at the 2011 iPhone Film Festival A Day in the life of Occupy Wall Street:a(r)evolution in democracy

Comment: Richard A. Heckler January 26, 2012

"Can’t believe this film was made with an pda. Beginning to end, riveting, compelling, timely. Best, one forgets a film is even being made. The intro is so well-done, the editing so clean and simple, the film does exactly what it’s supposed to…tell a story. Sundance quality from an iPhone!"

[OWSvideoproject]

thank you for subscribing and the "favorited" if you have any suggestions of who i might send video to in order to "spread the word" that would be great....i hope that OWSvideoproject will be able to offer more educational videos that characterize the movement and the vision of an (R)Evolution in democracy and consciousness. It has been used in a few college classes but it woud be great to get it out beyond my local community. A DVD will be donated of libraries and educational use,upon request.

[TheRoughmix]

Fantastic doc, very engaging!

[OWSvideoproject]

@TheRoughmix thanks for your supportive comments..hope to have the 12 video used as an educational tool..OWSvideoproject will donate a DVD on request for educational.library use.

all suggestion for "spreading the word" welcomed

[geoff4all]

Superb. You feel as if you are there. You feel the energy and engagement of those involved. You hear the diversity of views but experience the common shared outrage. We're as mad as hell, and we not going to take it anymore!

[OWSvideoproject]

@geoff4all thanks for your comments. OWSvideoproject will donate a DVD for educational use, upon request...help "spread the word"

[OWSvideoproject]

@RichHefner thanks for your comment..."help spread the word!" all suggestions are welcomed.

[RichHefner]

Great job. Made me feel like I was there... Hopefully more people will watch.

[HongPong]

I like how this was apparently filmed the day I got there (i'm at 4:40 ) :D