Chase Whiteside
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Chase Whiteside is one-half of the documentary film team known as New Left Media. His short films, produced alongside Erick Stoll, have been seen online more than four-million times and have been featured in whole or in part by the BBC, Bill Moyers’ Show, The Ed Show, GRITv, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, CurrentTV, Washington Post, Air America, Huffington Post, The Nation, Andrew Sullivan, Dan Savage, Roger Ebert’s Journal, DailyKos, and The Daily Show’s Indecision Blog, among others. While best known for their viral videos documenting the rise of the Tea Party movement during last year’s healthcare reform debate (which IndieWire called “a perfect example of where documentary form and style is headed”), Whiteside and Stoll are currently working on longer, more substantial pieces for the festival circuit.

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Understanding PIPA / SOPA -- THE FILM! (VIDEO)

Posted January 19, 2012 | 17:12:51 (EST)

Most everyone noticed the wide swath of websites that were blacked out in protest of the pending PIPA / SOPA legislation in Congress, but not as many people understand exactly why those bills are such a problem.

This short documentary films explores PIPA and SOPA in-depth and brings clarity to...

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Has the Occupy Movement Passed?

16 Comments | Posted December 20, 2011 | 11:46:10 (EST)

Have the Occupy Wall Street protests that sprung up across the country this fall already passed? Shot in NYC, Oakland, and Cincinnati, this short explores the state of the #OWS protests now that local governments have removed permanent encampments, and asks what the future will be for this still-young nationwide...

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Workers Defend Their Rights in Wisconsin and Ohio (VIDEO)

Posted March 2, 2011 | 16:20:33 (EST)

Over the last two weeks, tens of thousands of workers and their supporters have flooded the Wisconsin and Ohio state capitols, pushing back on their newly-elected Republican Governors' attempts to revoke collective bargaining rights for public workers.

Other than the flashes of anger Ohio crowds showed when they were curiously...

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New Left Media at the Rally to Restore Sanity (VIDEO)

Posted November 2, 2010 | 14:35:28 (EST)

On October 30, 2010, thousands of people gathered in the National Mall for the "Rally to Restore Sanity" called for by Jon Stewart on his show.

While participants attended for a variety of reasons, many...

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Interviews with Participants at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally (VIDEO)

Posted August 30, 2010 | 21:13:06 (EST)

This past Saturday, Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be "non-political" despite featuring Tea Party-favorite Sarah Palin as a speaker and its being attended entirely by conservatives, was unclear. The participants spoke abstractly...

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