It can be said that making someone laugh is the same as making someone understand. Michael Moore, the Oscar and Emmy winning director, recently wrote a comical, yet poignant letter to President Obama, effectively stating his stance on Afghanistan. Carey Corr’s directorial debut, A New Tomorrow, also has a strong political message that wears a similar mask of comedy.
A New Tomorrow is a controversial mockumentary that centers on a mayoral election in the fictional town of Venison, USA. No issue is too taboo, as it brushes with hot -button topics such as gay marriage, War in Iraq, abortion, and the Bush Administration. However, what is truly examined it the emotional way people vote in America, and the skewed perception of those very issues they remain passionate about that determines our future.
President Obama announced earlier this week that he is deploying 30,000 troops to Afghanistan between now and the end of next summer, in an effort to eventually end the war. Even though A New Tomorrow was filmed during and directed at the Bush Administration, the issues discussed in the mockumentary have proven to be ever-relevant. And with public figures like Michael Moore openly discussing his opposition to the recent deployment, Obama has become a prime target to satirical criticism.
“Already there is plenty to satirize. We’ll keep our eye on the news and allow the world to dictate a possible follow-up,” says Corr.
A New Tomorrow debuted at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival in May of 2007. Due to the premiere’s popularity, the festival added two additional screenings, becoming the only film in the festival that year to win an encore. A New Tomorrow went on to win the Seattle True Independent Film Festival’s Urban Archipelago Award.
“Our world is not only about oil and money,” says Corr. “The politicians screwed that one up as well. My film is running at 99 cents on amazon VOD why? Because life goes on, we all need to survive, and frankly I’m not buying into it. Why should my consumers?”
A New Tomorrow, produced by Mockumentary, Inc., is available on DVD, as well as various digital platforms through IndieFlix. Steeply-discounted special downloads, in an effort to present the film to the widest-possible audience, are presently running on amazon.com.
The film’s website is www.anewtomorrowmovie.com.
