Thank you Iva, for the added realism and 'close-up' on these events, for us who wish were in NYC ATM ;)

Our economy should be based on social responsibility, not greed.

Keep these beautiful videos coming Iva! You might care to watch this too: vimeo.com/29291188

Have you thought about making this video downloadable so people can share it more widely?

Great piece! You should compile it and make it a documentary.

Iva, you are on to something big here. I am not referring to the movement, which I trust and hope will only get bigger, but to your work. The way you are documenting the movement is, compared to all others, so unique, authentic and professional. But I believe the most distinctive (and important) aspect of your work is how well you allow viewers to "be there" without being there.

Congratulations and keep 'em coming.

twitter.com/wholesum/occupywallst-master-list

My fist is in the air, Iva! Film-truth through your camera-pen.... continue...

Great job Iva. You know how to edit your idea down to something that flows well, and is very watchable. I thouroughly enjoyed it, and feel I know a lot more about the movement now. Great story telling. You go girl!

Your coverage of #OWS is fantastic. Thanks for making these.

Good work Iva and Martyna. I like the shots of the police officers - keep the city safe. I will be in the area next week.

Well done. I have a shorter segment
vimeo.com/30221131
I am working at the long version right now.

Great work, don't stop

Good work people !!

Nice work Iva and Martyna, lots of positive free spirited energy here:)

very nice! hold up the good work and keep protesting!

The city is a political phenomenon...
How do people form community?!!

Wow - more amazing insights into the movement. Very intense night scenes. Good work!

love it

thank you for making this.

the video in nice done but what i think is that this kind of things happen everywhere in the world, we had one like this in our town too but because of the size (ways smaller) of the town nobody really noticed. I'm not saying I dont agree with the ideals they shout for I totally agree, but, whats shouting for?? what's that gonna do??? People with power are probably just standing in one of the surrounding buildings there watching and waiting for them to get sick and leave. Unfortunatly sometimes I think that this kind of movements if I can call it like that are totally useless and people who partecipate is just those who don't feel like doing anything. Correct me if I am wrong please. You don't like this society?? I agree, Then what are doing in town? Leave, get a living in a forest that would be a real protest.
L.A.

DUB is the OCCUPATION.

I love it, Iva. And shared it on diaspora!

Its your total right to assemble and be heard, I just wish all of you would think and realize where you would be in a society without big business and government intervention. You might not be 100% "free" but you wouldnt even have the cameras and social media (big business) to make these videos nor would you be able to assemble in relative peace. You wouldn't make it through the night in some other countries

Sounds like Haight-Ashbury without the LSD..

I wonder how long this will last, especially as the weather gets colder?

Great video!

Damn that gave me chills.

beautiful and timeless

You are part of this generation of believers. and now, you are we and we can change the world.

It's good to see Americans finally bringing awareness to the problem of the elimination of the middle class. We need to show those in power and the rest of the world that we are fed up!

very excellent work here thank u
dont give up

Excellent! Keep filming, keep broadcasting!

Is it the failure of our schools? Is it the mental laziness of the younger generation? Why such inability to think critically and independently? What a shame. Just a bunch of useful idiots thrown together by some dark interests mainly to distract from the real big problems going on in our country. Good cinematography though...

This means a lot...........Thanks for letting the rest of the world what goes on there...Here is how the Greek police tries to take apart a similar PEACEFUL movement in Greece........the excuse is that the gathering of people in squares constitutes the forming of anti-social/terroristic groups and so they have ordered complete distruction by any means.....
vimeo.com/30326330

Such a great idea to shoot at night. I'm looking forward to seeing more! Just posted this one on the Atlantic Video channel:

theatlantic.com/video/index/246586/

These people have found a voice, but not much common sense. Is there corruption in corporate America, greed, and lack of values? Certainly, it's everywhere. Those same problems can be found at every level, even within the Occupy Wallstreet Movement.
There never has been, or will be, a better financial vehicle for the common man to become "uncommon than capitalism." Some have a problem with that. I don't. I think we access to opportunity. That's what this country provides. I don't want a system that provides me with a living wage when I'm capable of earning more, nor do I want a system that provides me with with a wage when I refuse to earn it. Nothing is free, everything should be earned, each according to their gifts. The more gifted, the more valuable the service, the more valued the service, the better the lifestyle.

Don't get me wrong; if corporations, or individuals break the laws, then they should be punished. You can even punish those you don't like by voting with your talents and dollars, don't buy from them and don't work for them. If enough people agree, they'll disappear from the landscape.

The laptops, cell phones , Apple, Sony, Cannon are all corporations and we all benefit with capitalism... New Innovation is achieved and started when their is a reward of knowing wealth and comfort is coming!...Just like Steve Jobs would have not started Apple if he didn't think he was going to become rich.

Praise God.

we the people

CUTV.ca

We had a similar people movement this year in Spain, the so called "15 M Movement", which gathered millions of people in the public squares for months. I wonder, however, how come people in the States have been waiting so long to react like this? Michael Moore, to name someone popular, has been making documentaries for a veeery long time so as to make people react, do something...I guess that everytning has a natural rythm and now it was the right time to react....well done and best regards from Spain!!

Some people's replies clearly show that people don't have a clue about what goes on in the world. "Capitalism" provides equal chances to all people to get wealthier? Go tell that to the thousands of kids starving from death only because they were born in poor countries. Stop wasting energy in these protests and start your own company and get rich? Obviously, you never tried starting your own company out of NO huge budget and heave never witnessed the hassles of having a company that is being taxed too much and gains too litle. Wake up people: all the stories of sucesful middle class people in capitalism are no more than 3 - 4 persons...the rest of them just invested huge amount of money their daddy had.
He who provides more gets healthier? Define more and define better.....just because a silly iPad changed YOUR life doesnt mean it changed the world - again go ask the starving chlidren of many mnay ppor countries if they preferred another tablet PC or a bloody piece of bread.
Ignorants!!!!!

quote: The laptops, cell phones , Apple, Sony, Cannon are all corporations and we all benefit with capitalism... New Innovation is achieved and started when their is a reward of knowing wealth and comfort is coming

my reply: obviously you take food, water, education and civil rights for granted. Think again! Innovation for the rich, starving for the poor.

Lovely work fellow filmmaker... all power to you, the energy and creativity you are putting into this work rewards us all. Thanks you.
Phil

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you Iva & Martyna!!! We occupy Montreal on Saturday!!

Too bad too few of these people realize what the problem is and the real solution. See Zietgiestmovie.com.

Ppfpfttcchhhh. Thanks Obama.

Lovely video dear. Problem is that the Occupy Wall St movement is phony Hollywood propaganda. The people, shown as protesters in the videos, are simply hired actors. The Tea Party is the same. I live near Downtown Houston and I can tell you that the recent "protest" did not happen, it was not in the papers, it was fabricated. Perhaps you could do an expose on the tired old actors found in the movement.

Some will call it the Third Industrial Revolution, others will refer it as a Resourced Based Global Economy, and some will call it a Type One Civilization.

Ideas come from different people,well organized or not, have a name for their group or not.

The bottom line is that these people have REAL answers on REAL issues.

Everyone of you has the power to examine these ideas, and to improve them, combine them.

In the end, all the jobs will disappear, whether we have implemented these new socio-economic models or not. The question is, what will we do, what will you do? What is the to be the new goal in life?

Machines and computers will free us from dirty, hazardous and meaningless jobs.

Let us evolve into the new paradigm that has room for perhaps 10 Billion people, has enough resources to share and to preserve, we have the means, we have the technology.

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

♥♥♥♥♥ Awesome ♥♥♥♥♥

I am happy that owing to occupation human capital will become stronger than physical capital, that blue economy will overcome red economy!

Watch this video on mute, then on a different window, play "Us and Them" by Pink Floyd. For some reason, the convergence is great.
youtube.com/watch?v=vcG47CpsU6c

Music video: vimeo.com/hpmoon/occupy

I'm the cameraman next to Russell Simmons!

I don't disagree that there is a lack of love and caring, but I can't say that it's being exemplified by the Occupy WS group. Its message seems to be more along the lines of class envy,greed, and covetousness.

My ability to support my family, my friends (when needed), charities, churches, is derived from my ability to create income. I should be able to decide what to do with it. Not you, not someone who will profit from my hard work, certainly not the government. I give my money, my time, my labor to support programs that benefit people who are unable to care for themselves, or in some cases, just need hand .

Where we've messed up is that we stopped making the person responsible for their well-being, we made it the government's job. We give the government money and power which it spends with little thought to the consequences, squandering both. Take the billions in bail-out money given to Wall Street. We wrote them a check, no real stipulations. Why didn't we stipulate that the money be used to bail out the people who's mortgages were upside down, to restructure their debt? Why did we decimate the savings of millions of people, investors and creditors, and prop up the Unions? Because the elected officials only cares about re-election. Unions, big business, and big money provide that. So, what did Wall Street do with the money we gave them? They put it where it would make them the most money (they're a business!) and likely where it would make them the most bonuses (human nature). I don't blame wall street for that, I blame the government for writing checks it had no business writing. These Occupy WS folks are marching on the wrong street. They should be marching on Pennsylvania Ave. Our elected officials are the real cause of our economic mess, mandating the giving of loans to substandard applicants, bailouts to poorly run companies, ruining small businesses and family farms through inheritence taxes, and a long list of other failed policies, and tax loopholes that don't give a return on the investment.

Capitalism is the purest of democracies, everyone gets to vote, and the 99% need to start voting smarter by supporting companies that spend their wealth responsibly, and when possible supporting companies that are local. As you're saving for retirement, make sure that your 401k, or retirment programs do the same. If you're a stock holder, make sure you vote to put competent people on the boards that will look out for your best interests. Vote with your dollars. If you don't like Wal-Mart, shop elsewhere. If you think McDonalds is evil, go elsewhere. If you don't like BoA, then bank with someone else, someone who siupports your causes, your community. It'll do a lot more good than sitting in a park.

@Mark Freeman: We don't live in a purely capitalist, free market economy. The government (people) had to bail out the Big Banks, or we would all be living in cardboard boxes by now, or so they told us to ensure passage of the TARP bill by the BUSH ADMINISTRATION.

Yes, we all have opportunity, we are all free. But the playing field has steadily been sculpted to make it harder and harder for the have nots to have, and for the haves to have it all, where the corporations buy for the elections to ensure their enrichment. That is the not the Perfect Union this nation once aspired to. I don't want the government to take care of me, I want them to stop treating corporations like invalids who need special protection, especially those corporations who treat human beings like garbage.

Keep up the good work!

America is all the same again :) Look back at the hippies in 60's - its all the same now

nice work Iva - keep it up!

Another excellent piece. You have an ear that is good as your eye. The images are consistently compelling and you use sound in creative ways. Keep it going - this is good.

I didn't want it to end!

Great work!

Check out my video: vimeo.com/31770485

Monique lost her job, then her home, and then decided to stand up and fight back against big banks and unfair foreclosure processes. Occupy Minneapolis will help protect and occupy her home.

This is wonderful. I'm so tired of the images most news organizations have been using to portray the Occupy movement, you actually spent time with the people. Huge inspiration, nice job.

Excellent work! So well done, great content and film style and look. Keep up the great work!