Better This World
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KATIE GALLOWAY AND KELLY DUANE DE LA VEGA’S “BETTER THIS WORLD”
Originally posted as part of our 2011 SXSW coverage, Better This World is nominated for Best Documentary. Screening Times: Saturday March 12th, 11:00am (Vimeo Theater), Monday March 14th, 1:45pm (Alamo Lamar B), Friday March 18th, 2:00pm (Paramount Theatre) Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane De La Vega profile the young political radicals David McKay and Bradley Crowder in Better This World. The pair plotted to disrupt the 2008 Republic National Convention, but found themselves charged with domestic terrorism. Filmmaker: How did you first hear of David McKay and Bradley Crowder? What drove you to make a film about them? De […]
by Brandon Harris on Oct 31, 2011 -
“BETTER THIS WORLD” DIRECTORS KELLY DUANE DE LA VEGA & KATIE GALLOWAY
When two young activists from Midland Texas were arrested with Molotov cocktails at the 2008 Republican convention, their story became a media sensation, but documentarians Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega couldn’t escape the feeling that there was more to this story than the good-kids-turned-domestic-terrorists version the media was reporting. So, they did what any skilled documentarians do: they took a leap of faith, jumped a plane and started talking to people involved with the case. The result is Better This World, a documentary that explores what happens when idealistic, angry young activists stop being polite and start getting mixed up […]
by Mary Anderson Casavant on Mar 11, 2011
