Very nice, and accessible

Very Nice!

I found this video through PHAMALy's "Show Up for Democracy" A Democratic Rehearsal" comments, chiding the 20 year old group for being "large." I'd like to remind our gentle viewers that PHAMALy was started by a small handful of people who saw that a change needed to be made. Mostly, though, through mentioning that, I want to encourage these talented kids to keep up the good work!

The THREE (3) kids who worked on this film are all to be commended! They ALL deserve credit -- Each brought their creative eye and mastery of skills to the piece. WAY TO GO MAGGIE, RYAN, AND NOAH!

Noah Tichy is to be interviewed on KOSI 101 !!! GO NOAH!

This is such an accomplishment for a few middle school students. I was really impressed. You should all feel very proud that your film is doing so well. Congrats!

As mother of one of these filmmakers I am so proud and look forward to all the screenings of this and all the other films.....GO DSA!!!!!

GREAT MOVIE!!!! really well done.
i enjoyed every moment.

Love the music and think you more than deserve at the very least a great big happy nod for point well executed.

the people whom have given negative feedback are crazy and you can see that they are just jealous at how well you are doing. There are so many positive comments and those are the ones you truly deserve.

I hope there is more to come from these artists.

Once again, REALLY GREAT WORK!!!!

very poor indeed
"this is a film about rebel..."
could be about anything really.

greatly poor

you guys have done an awesome job on this film and now there's controversy...cool! keep up the good work,and no matter what the outcome of this contest you need to be very proud of yourselves for this very good, very artistic interpretation of democracy.

Wow, lots of emotion coming out from this film. That is good. Makes me a proud mom of one of the directors. I like to come on and watch this film. Makes me think, makes me smile. Since these three directors are in middle school, we will be seeing more work from them in the years! Excellent work kids!

it seems this and the Anchor movie were both flagged...why? and who did it? could the director of the site be the one whom flagged both so they could both be evaluated? Just wondering. I can see how someone would want to flag the Anchor film for it's "relevancy" but this film is clearly relevant, both good films though so I was a bit surprised that either got flagged. I must admit I am more for this film though. Kudos to these film makers and I hope you get this all worked out. Cheers

We have been watching this video since it was submitted back in May.

The count has increased slowly and meticulously through us passing around the video via emails and those people passing it on, etc...

400 votes in 66 days does not seem like a statistical anomaly to me. I don't know what in the world is going on, but now it all of a sudden seems that people are talking lawsuits and cheating.

And since you are serious about it... these statements constitute libel in ALL 50 STATES. I don't want to hear one more comment about Cheating on this. And I don't want to hear another comment about "lawsuit".

if for any reason it becomes obvious that this is illegal contest and not purely technical error, i have documented the evidence of the "cinevulnerability" for any interested parties willing to commence a lawsuit.

-mike

hmm it appears that the anchor center video took advantage of the "cinevulnerability" that was on this site before, i don't know when they fixed it but i swear just a couple of days ago i clicked the star like ten times i swear i could've just continued to click the star if i wanted to and in less than 5 minutes the video i clicked on would have over 800 votes. Now it only allows one vote per computer, but i swear they fixed it really recently. is that seriously how the whole contest went until now, with the ability for any user to vote how many times they want on their video?
Ok they forgot to put it in their code or whatever but what bothers me is that somehow this video was just uploaded, gets 800+ votes, and THEN they fix the vulnerability. Also just a few minutes ago I checked all the videos again and I can say with certainty the anchor center video is the only video that took advantage of this obvious lack of security that was probably there for a long time.
If this is truly a coincidence, then the admin will remove the anchor center video as soon as possible, by weekend's end at most. At the least the end user should be asked to re upload the anchor center video now that the vulnerability has been fixed, bet you they would not get even 50 votes in one day now that they fixed the problem.
it says that top 10 videos will be shown at Convention what bothers me is that this may be a fake contest. Admin can recover the vulnerability at any time when nobody is watching the site and 9 more videos can come up, obtain 100000000 votes and because “public decision is “final”” there is no remedy. However it is important to note that if admin does not address the obvious fact that vulnerability was taken advantage of in anchor center video, and/or for any reason 9 other videos pop up meaning that the cinevulnerability was deliberately restored, then there is a possibility to recover substantial money in damages. I would think that this is not the case because I would think that the Democratic National Convention Host Committee would not want to put themselves in such a situation. That said, I look forward to watching a fair contest until August 1.
Just wanted to let you know that even now, you do still have rights in this country, and you should know them.
It appears your video was flagged. Retaliation from Mr. Anchor, I see…

Well done

Noah

This is really great. Win or not, you should be proud of your work.

Richard

Noah, Ryan and Maggie, you have done a beautiful job and though it seems someone is cheating their way to beat you in this contest , know that you deserved to win!

-a friend and fellow film maker

PERFECT!

rebelling is actually anything that goes against something....the kid is going against what this teacher wants the students to do.....

this film is one that will appeal to all ages, is short and to the point and doesn't need to tell the same thing over and over again like so many others on this site. Even my 3 and 4 year olds loved watching this....BRAVO!

Rebeling or Retreating?

"To have a say in things that are done, is showing individuality and democracy."

Oookay... but then what IS democracy? You don't want to blow your own premise. Why not just say "Having in say in the way things are done IS democracy."?

That's a minor typographical error... but the major flaw of this otherwise wonderful film is that the kid doesn't actually rebel! He just leaves.

That's not rebellion. Rebelling is actually standing up to someone or something. (Like the kid in the Raising Republic video.) It's the kid who stands up to their racist parents and says they're going to date whoever they want to date, or they want to be a filmmaker not a doctor, not the kid who just runs away from home. The kid who refuses to turn pages and parrot back answers without even thinking is rebelling.

You had me all the way til the end. The best music and best editing job on this site so far... but your point fell wide of the mark.

whooo!!! go naoh great vedio hope to see it at the convention

-marco

Wonderful... as an american who has been jaded by the groupthink that our country has suffered under for many years now I appreciate this statement on our country.

It is the right statement at the right time. Fantastic work!

Pretty amazing work for such a young artist! Noah Tichy is a visionary with a terrific eye for the inner-framework of the human condition. As a teacher, I'm impressed with his theme and applaud his message that going against the grain is not only necessary but vital in a functioning democracy. Well done!

Sean Keefe
Sallie Keefe

Denver, Colorado

really great film. I hope this wins big. Worth showing to all ages as it makes a great point. good work.

Super job! Great!

Excellent work. It's amazing to see this much talent in someone so young.
BTW - pink=bad, Scottish Music=good (IMHO) Maybe Scottish music can be the new black.

Way to GO!! Job well done!