Acclaimed writer Norman Solomon and award-winning director Rahdi Taylor brought together two worlds -- political journalism and personal cinema -- in a daring experiment to tell the one story that rang true for them both.

In an explosive combination of documentary and fiction filmmaking, Solomon and Taylor took a renegade crew of talented and hungry filmmakers down to Los Angeles for the 2000 presidential convention. There, with remarkably talented actors, state of the art HD camera equipment donated by SONY, and an onslaught of guts, gumption and sweat, the creative team broke nearly every law in the book to capture the drama and movie-worthy magic of an American presidential convention.

Convention blends the best of documentary and fiction elements and technique -- mixing documentary style footage with the scripted story of one compelling woman's challenges searching for justice and racial equity. In the process, the filmmakers radically experimented with the creative process and successfully advanced the leading edge of innovation in cinema.

By using the newest, state of the art technology for filmmaking -- High Definition Television, they could actually capture the dazzling lights inside the hall, as well as the dizzying counter-demonstrations going on outside. HDTV, traditionally used only for commercial, corporate and informational work, has been seized by a multi-racial team of independent filmmakers with a renegade vision and a whole lot of heart. The latest technology meets the most experimental of narrative cinemas. The film is in the can, the editors are hard at work. Stay tuned for the results.