David McDonald is a filmmaker best-known for two works: "Woodstock/You Can't Get There From Here" and "The Culture Wars," both of which are playing at an ever-growing number of festivals around the world.Although his work up until this point would technically be described as "documentary" (McDonald famously uses "what is there" as his subject matter), his work stretches the limit of that genre by its sometimes whimsical story-telling (numerous, sometimes disagreeing narrators), hyper-saturated imagery, and copious use of music.
The tale of America's oldest (?) and perhaps least likely peace protesters, Joan Keefe, 87, and Jay Wenk, 82.Both decorated veterans of World War Two, Keefe and Wenk have garnered headlines in Upstate New York for their repeated acts of protest at the Military Recruiting Center at Kings Mall in Kingston, NY.Wenk has been arrested 11 times, Keefe four.This four-minute short is a sample of Part Two of David McDonald's film "The Culture Wars," Part One of which appears in its entirety at this url...
