Chicago – Jeff Deutchman’s “11/4/08” is a documentary like no other. It centers on the historic Election Day of 2008 that named Barack Obama as the next American president. Deutchman called on his friends, including Joe Swanberg (“Hannah Takes the Stairs”) and Henry Joost (“Catfish”), to capture footage from the day both nationally and internationally, from Manhattan to Dubai.
As a self-proclaimed “piece of consensual cinema,” the film invites viewers to literally participate in the experience, submitting their own footage via the website 11-4-08.com. HollywoodChicago.com interviewed Deutchman a day before his film’s nationwide theatrical premiere.
HollywoodChicago.com: How did this project initially come about?
Deutchman: Just like a lot of people, I was getting swept up in election fever at that time in 2008. About two weeks beforehand, after I had already done some volunteering, donating and all the other stuff, I started to think about how I might...
As a self-proclaimed “piece of consensual cinema,” the film invites viewers to literally participate in the experience, submitting their own footage via the website 11-4-08.com. HollywoodChicago.com interviewed Deutchman a day before his film’s nationwide theatrical premiere.
HollywoodChicago.com: How did this project initially come about?
Deutchman: Just like a lot of people, I was getting swept up in election fever at that time in 2008. About two weeks beforehand, after I had already done some volunteering, donating and all the other stuff, I started to think about how I might...
- 10/20/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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