A little bit of Info from Cinemocracy themselves...

Hello to everyone fervently debating the appropriateness of the Anchor Center's film, "A Vision of Democracy." First of all, we would like to answer a few questions related to the site, which have arisen in the comment section under the blog.

1.  No one affiliated with Cinemocracy has any connection to the Anchor Center.  Yes, we are in Denver as is the center.  However, due to our own definition of Democracy, no one at Cinemocracy has an affiliation with any film on the site. 

2.  The deadline was extended due to a very large number of filmmakers (Anchor Center not being one of them) who called, emailed and petitioned for an extension.  In a matter of democratic decision-making, we
extended the deadline.

3.  The site has always allowed only one vote per person.  Details are on our end, but know that we're on top of keeping this as fair as possible.

4.  Votes are tallied on a weighted system.  It's a complex algorithm used by film festivals to determine audience favorites - and it works. And it's fair.  So know that those of you who are working hard to get
your film seen, won't be left in the dust.

5.  The film has been flagged for appropriateness - an independent panel of filmmakers, programmers and 1st Amendment Lawyers (okay... 1 lawyer) will review the film and make the decision as to if it should be on the site.  Typically films are flagged for content in terms of profanity or the like, but the viewers have flagged it and we will review it (it was flagged enough that the button is down - we got it!).

6.  We have gotten in touch with the filmmaker for "A Vision of Democracy" and are investigating what marketing techniques they are using to get people to vote.  We will do our best to make sure there is
no cheating going on here. 

7.  We are doing our best, in utmost faith, to make sure this contest is fair and democratic.

One of the questions we have about democracy is in regard to the notion of participation.  How do we get our populace to come together and participate in democracy?  It makes all of us excited and happy to see
that debate and voting and ideas are present right here on the site. And you care.  And that's why we're doing this. 

What we encourage everyone to do, is to use your own social networks to get your film seen.  Load it on your Facebook page.  Put it up on YouTube... then ask people to go to your film on Cinemocracy and vote. Campaign for your film, and essentially your idea of what democracy is. Get people to support your cause.  And let's see what happens.  We will make sure everything is fair.  You go out and get people to participate.

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