The Big Day: 11-4-08 on Film

Two weeks ahead of the last U.S. presidential election, filmmaker Jeff Deutchman asked friends in the U.S. and abroad to record their experiences on election day, 11/4/08, which also happens to be the title of the film. The hopes and emotions of people are captured throughout the free-wheeling film with raw portraits of Obama volunteers through to the anonymous citizen on the streets. "I wanted this film to be organic," said Deutchman, who is an acquisitions exec at IFC Films. And though the film screened in the Emerging Visions section at SXSW, Deutchman says his film is still "incomplete." He is still asking for footage from anyone who has captured the day for an ever expanding and evolving library. Deutchman (left) sat with producers Natalie Difford and Isabel Teitler along with Marcus Cohlan who filmed footage from Los Angeles for the doc.