Roger: look what plopped into my inbox today. (I’m a screenwriter.)

Leon Freeman -lfreemanl@movie-producer.net

To: “Bleeding heart conservative”

Subject: Filmmakers United Against Bush

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004

JULY — FILMMAKERS UNITED

THE NOVEMBER PROJECT

If you’ve seen Fahrenheit 9/11 you’re probably as upset about the state of America as I am. The saddest part is that there are tens of thousands of filmmakers with broadcast quality digital video cameras yet none of them are using those cameras to document the opinions of real americans. None of them are giving Americans alternatives to the very pro-Bush media.

It is time for filmmakers to use their talents to give consumers options rather than continuing to focus exclusively on trying to get a 3 picture deal. If filmmakers in every city created compilation DVDs of short films, news footage and documentaries about the state of America and self-distributed them on DVD they could revolutionize the world of film production and distribution. Every American, in fact nearly everyone in the industrialized world, is focused on the upcoming November election. Michael Moore’s movie is making millions upon millions of dollars. That means there is a huge market opportunity for any film related to the November election that can be released on DVD before November.

I am making it my mission to help filmmakers create films and self-distribute them in order to give Americans the chance to see more information about what’s really happening in America and the world at large. I’m calling my mission the November Project. More information will be available by the end of this week at www.movieproducer.net.

Leon Freeman