Tea Party: The Documentary

The Tea Party movement of 2009 shocked the political establishment, the nation at large and left a big media machine dizzy in its wake. How did it happen? Where did it come from? Now, experience the story of the movement that's driving our national dialogue against big government spending and a Constitution under assault. The Tea Party: The documentary film follows the struggles of five grass roots individuals and their transformation from home town rally goers and rally organizers to national activists in the 9/12 March on Washington.

This insightful documentary reveals what is at the heart of this nationwide surge of civic engagement -- a return to and respect for a Constitutionally limited government, personal responsibility, and fiscal restraint at the Federal level.

See Tea Party footage banned by the media

Get caught up in a bomb threat called into stop Tea Partiers on the anniversary of 9/11

Crash a congressional hearing as practicing doctors challenge liberal congressmen on the push for nationalized healthcare

Laugh, cry and cheer with our main characters as they travel from their home towns to take our country back

The five main characters in Tea Party: The Documentary Film represent a cross section of the millions involved in the movement:

Dr. Fred, a doctor, moved to action against a government threatening to undermine the doctor-patient relationship with suffocating bureaucracy and increased taxpayer spending. After years practising as a highly respected urologist, he is stepping out of the hospital corridors to lead an army of fellow physicians into the halls of power and corruption and fight for his patients on Capitol Hill.

Nate, a young black man from Detroit, Michigan, voted for Barack Obama in 2008 from an upbringing that taught him to mistrust America because of the color of his skin. As a Libertarian with a paradigm shift and a newfound understanding of the nation he loves, he is risking the anger of family and friends by joining the march against a President's policies that would victimize the very people he loves the most.

Jack is a father of two young children, a little league baseball coach, and a health insurance agent. He risks losing his job under current healthcare reform. He is a Democrat turned Constitutionalist and the younger brother of a Vietnam veteran who is marching for his children and the future of the America he believes in.

In 2008, Jenny and her husband lost a multi-million dollar business, were forced into bankruptcy and home foreclosure. Nine months later, she is working as a national leader in the grass roots Tea Party movement, organizing events and taking her message to the steps of the National Mall with the company of millions behind her.

William is a patriot renaissance man, a pastor, colonial re-enactor, painter, poet, Vietnam veteran, former Pentagon and Secret Service employee and a man of the march. He can be outrageous and funny or somber and reflective, full of antics and unpredictability. He marched for the Vietnam Memorial during the Reagan Era and this time, his journey back to Washington, DC leads him to the front lines of the march down Pennsylvania Avenue on September 12.

Number of files: 1
Run time: 1 hour, 39 minutes
Video codec: xvid, 768 kbps, 854x480, 16:9, 30 fps
Audio codec: mp3, 64 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo, vbr
Source: DVD (NTSC, 16:9)