To anyone still reading this: I apologize for not posting any updates regarding my documentary in some time. I am have been preoccupied in my participation in the Occupy Wall Street movement. As a long time reader/activist of Ad Busters and anti-commercial culture I took the call to occupy Wall Street on September 17, 2011. I have been active in the movement since. My experiences have been both exhilarating and exhausting, though more the latter the last two weeks as our numbers continue to grow at an exponential rate. We are struggling to maintain the working space and structure of Liberty Square (formally Zuccotti Park) during this sudden swell.
Needless to say I've had my hands full. Since I first came into the movement as an activist and as a filmmaker second, I was busy with the Principles of Solidarity, Facilitation, and Outreach working groups rather than the media working group and my own project. I only began filming more than a minute here or there a week ago. Though, this week has been fruitful and I've gathered useful information and will continue work on Tools of the Trade once again. However, I will be broadening the scope of my film to include this unfolding revolution. Primarily, I am focused on Occupy Wall Street's relationship to the mass media. Mass media has defeated political movements in the past and I feel we are in jeopardy at OWS if we're not smart. I will continue this conversation in the morning when I've gotten some sleep.
Just wanted to send a quick update now while I was thinking about it. Thanks for reading.
My name is Kelley Brannon. I will be leaving NYC in roughly four hours to continue production on my documentary feature "Tools of the Trade" which examines identity, consumerism, and culture in social media. I have been working on this project for the last six months or so and have been filming in NYC and Boston, but now I am taking the show on the road: I will be filming interviews and conversations across the US and Europe.
