Documentary film makers use social media methods

Documentary film makers Anabel Park and Eric Byler directed an award-winning documentary produced on a shoe string that documented an anti-illegal immigration election in the Washington, D.C. area.

As an interactive project, the film took shape on their YouTube channel, then turned it into a feature-length documentary that took the top award at the Charlotte Film Festival later that year of 2007. The feature pre-dated the controversial Arizona legislation of 2010, which was eventually struck down by federal courts.

They later founded the Coffee Party USA on a Facebook page in reaction to what they saw as abusive and false billing of the Tea Party as truly representative of concerned Americans. One may visit their website at http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/ or at their Facebook page.

A local activist, Shane Brooks, became disaffected with the Waco Tea Party and joined the Coffee Party. He, too, has a Facebook page directed to Waco and central Texans. There is a similar page for Houston.

The interactive documentary is still available in multiple parts on their YouTube channel listed as 9500 Liberty