Convention

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Convention

2009

1h 35m

Documentary

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Director AJ Schnack leads a team of filmmakers on hand to chronicle the events of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

What Convention sets out to do, it does with understated candor.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 11, 2010

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Mike Hale

New York Times

Some of this is awfully pedestrian, but there are moments of both high comedy and high drama.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 4, 2010

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Cinma vrit? More like cinma banalit.

Rated: 1/4

Jun 4, 2010

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Matt Pais

Metromix.com

Ooh, will mayor's special assistant Chantal Unfug learn to ride a scooter? Will protestors spend less than half their time defending their right to protest?

Rated: 2/5

Jul 6, 2010

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Ian Buckwalter

DCist

While Convention may be more traditional documentary fare in content than his last film, A.J. Schnack is not without a new trick up his sleeve: a collaborative documentary made with a group of documentarians, each with his/her own assignment.

Rated: 6.7/10

Jun 13, 2010

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Eric Monder

Film Journal International

Slickly produced but devoid of purpose, Convention tackles several storylines occurring at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Jun 8, 2010

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Audience Member

Chantal is the star of the show! 2nd billing goes to Denver, which looks great. The humanity and decency of the people who made the 2008 Democratic Convention a success is on display - too bad somebody made the decision to turn Denver into an armed camp at the same time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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AJ Schnack

Director

Jennifer Chikes

Producer

Britta Erickson

Producer

Shirley Moyers

Producer

AJ Schnack

Producer

Steven Bognar

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Synopsis

Director AJ Schnack leads a team of filmmakers on hand to chronicle the events of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Director: AJ Schnack
Producer: Jennifer Chikes, Britta Erickson, Shirley Moyers, AJ Schnack
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 35m

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