We were brainstorming about a possible entry for moveon.org's "Bush in 30 seconds" contest. We didn't know if the White House even had a comment line, but we thought it would be interesting to see what people would say if they actually had direct access to their government and could get the President at the other end of the line. But the idea was too big for a 30 second spot. So we didn't enter the contest and made a 7 minute movie instead. Lawrence Konner from The Documentary Campaign really believed in the idea and agreed to finance the project. Without Larry's belief in the project, it never would have gotten made. more ›