Q&A with Jonathan Goodman Levitt
An hour-long, unedited interview of Jonathan Goodman Levitt about Follow the Leader by C-Span’s founder Brian Lamb.
Follow the Leader
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A Political Documentary “Reality Check” with “Follow the Leader”
POV spoke with Levitt “to [grasp] why he feels so strongly about engaging audiences in a political dialogue.” He shared he’s “come to understand why people on the Right feel disenfranchised by public media, and feel it’s left wing. My own politics aside I made enemies…because the film doesn’t take a position against its characters.”
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Unconventional: Behind the Scenes, Nick Troiano
“Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions…” The Washington Post talks with Nick Troiano, participant in the new film Follow the Leader that’s premiering in Charlotte during the DNC Convention.
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Unconventional: Behind the Scenes, Jonathan Goodman Levitt
“Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions…” The Washington Post talks with Jonathan Goodman Levitt, the filmmaker behind the new film Follow the Leader that’s premiering in Charlotte during the DNC Convention.
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Fiscal Conservatism Fuels Debt-Concerned Youth
“Troiano was recently featured in a film documentary called Follow the Leader, which tells the story of three conservative teenagers going through high school in America after 9/11, and is premiering at the RNC.”
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Documentary Shows Teenage Politicians Growing Up Post 9/11
“I started to question what I was doing, what my motives were. They were not public service, but to advance my own career and my own goals. I came to the conclusion that I can’t do this for the rest of my life,” said D.J. Beauregard (one of three main participants in Follow the Leader)
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Three Teens’ Quests for Political Power
“…all of a sudden you’re pressured — the power — you become sort of this strange entity that is being pulled by so many people, and you sort of lose who you wanted to be in the first place…” Juliet Huddy, Fox News
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Project of the Day: Politics Isn’t Just Child’s Play
“…I started making a film about what I didn’t understand. But rather than defining a generation’s political opinion, I focused on three ambitious teens who had adopted the ‘war on terror’ mentality wholeheartedly…”