More anti-American films compete for DNC showing

Cinemocracy, Denver and the Democratic National Convention's short-film competition slated to get giant crap-bucketloads of money from the city, has four new submissions up:

What Democracy Looks Like (1:59).

Synopsis: Clips from the (minuscule) peace rally at the Colorado Capitol to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war (the second peace rally that week, not the Spagz-a-thon the D-blog attended) are interspersed with some old gink going under the name J. Turnacliff chiding us for not turning out, all under quietly fake-stirring music. Bonus: Protesters chant, "This is what democracy looks like." (five votes)

Cost of a War (one minute even).

Synopsis: A guy standing in front of an American flag with his mouth duct-taped (is "shut" redundant?) uses cue cards to tell us the cost of the war in Iraq--"200,000 homeless shelters" (two for each homeless person!) and "8 million police officers" among other things--while the Star-Spangled Banner plays. Real original. Oddly, the film apparently is a couple of years old. (six votes)

Democracy (1:07)

Synopsis: Crude line drawings of two unidentified (perhaps because of a glitch near the beginning) men accompanied by subtitles like, "first, create a heroic past. and identify yourself with it. then tell people they live in the greatest country in the world. and promote an economic system which benefits the few but promises opportunity to all . . . " (four votes)

Sold Out (4:59)

Synopsis: Smug little crap-bag of a filmmaker: "If democracy is still alive in the United States of America, then I should be able to get a ticket to the Democratic National Convention." He doesn't (spoiler alert!), but still hopes to get a lot of reaction on the Cinemocracy site so they'll give him one anyway.

Sold Out has 40 votes (it's been up a few weeks longer than the others listed here), in second place behind the classic Chimpy McJennacide animated short, "Access of Evil," with 50.

This seems like it could really be trouble for the DNC. Of the 16 films submitted so far, something like 14 are virulently anti-American, and maybe half a dozen exhibit outright paranoia (trooferism, FEMAism, etc.). And, unfortunately for the DNC (according to the website):

The top 25 ranked films as voted on by the online public viewers will be screened at a public event during the 2008 Democratic National Convention taking place in Denver, CO (August 25-28).

The filmmakers of the top 10 ranked films will be provided with airfare and lodging to attend and introduce their films at the Cinemocracy Film Festival public screening in Denver.

Five of the top 25 ranked films determined by a panel of judges comprised of film industry professionals and politicians will be screened as part of the official 31st Starz Denver Film Festival (Nov. 13-23) and thus be eligible for the Starz People's Choice Award for Best Short which carries a $2,500 cash prize.

The top 25 ranked films will be streamed on http://www.denverfilm.org/ through January 31, 2009.

The decision of the online public viewers is FINAL

Heh. HappyMayor McHickendrooper might have to sneak in some ringers. Sure too late to just dump the thing and pretend it never existed.

Update: More money worries for Hick.