‘The Youngest Candidate’ is a feature length documentary film directed by Jason Pollock. It is produced by David Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants, in partnership with Oscar winner Lawrence Bender (producer of ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, etc..) and Balance Vector Productions. It follows the story of 4 teens that ran for public office in America. Funny, inspiring, poignant, and ultimately uplifting, ‘The Youngest Candidate’ is not just a film about running for office. It is the coming of age story of four idealistic young adults who dared to confront the corrupt political systems in America. Through their journey these young candidates learn about fair play, leadership development, racism in politics, the importance of family, and many other lessons that they will carry with them throughout their lives. In the face of great adversity, these four young adults braved all the odds to make it to Election Day to show that regardless of the outcome, it didn’t matter… It’s all about how you play th http://theyoungestcandidate.com/main/News/tabid/58/BlogId/3/Default.aspx en-US theyoungestcandidate@gmail.com lommaj@gmail.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:07:43 GMT Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:07:43 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p><img width="240" height="180" src="/main/Portals/0/medium_P7301307.JPG" alt="" /></p> <p>We have had a few journalists write about their experience from our premiere but this one really stands out.&#160; Here is part of the article..</p> <p><a href="http://blog.mlive.com/traveling_coach/2008/07/film_festival_fun_guide.html">"The most priceless experience of this year's festival for me, so far,<br /> will not be a potential Madonna sighting or even Moore's always<br /> entertaining film introductions. It will be experiences like one I had<br /> last night as I watched a young candidate for Memphis City Council<br /> watch himself for the first time in a documentary..."</a></p> http://theyoungestcandidate.com/main/News/tabid/58/EntryID/9/Default.aspx theyoungestcandidate@gmail.com http://theyoungestcandidate.com/main/News/tabid/58/EntryID/9/Default.aspx#Comments http://theyoungestcandidate.com/main/Default.aspx?tabid=58&EntryID=9 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:07:00 GMT 0 http://theyoungestcandidate.com/main/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=9