Hofstra Presidential Debate Protest Footage
Saturday, October 18, 2008 (03:01:44)

Posted by horatio

Well, I finally got the raw footage from the protests and rallies edited down a bit. Here is a 10 minute sample of the rally and protests on the street. The film starts in Hempstead, where the early rally with a bunch of speakers was occurring, and then follows the march to Hofstra itself where the main protest was taking place. It loosely follows the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) from their early announcement of their letter asking to be let into the debates through their march to Hofstra, and then their march to the gate after the 7pm deadline had expired. It has some footage of the arrests as well as the brief clash with police before they pushed people off of the streets and brought out the riot cops and fences. This short documentary does not really include any of the interviews that i did, as those will be put out in another piece listening to people on the streets, so keep an eye out for that later this week.