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How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally) w/ The Deepest HoleHow To Overthrow The US Government (Legally) w/ The Deepest Hole

How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally) w/ The Deepest Hole

October 8-12, 2020

Virtual Screening

How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally)

Caveh Zahedi (Dir), 79 minutes, US Premiere, USA

Special Sneak Peek

Rebel professor and filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and The Yes Men’s Jacques Servin team up to teach an experimental media production class with hilarious and often unexpectedly sweet results.

Festivals: Rotterdam


Screening with:

The Deepest Hole

Matt McCormick (Dir), 13 minutes, NY Premiere, USA

A hidden Cold War history is unearthed in this piece chronicling the hilarious and unintended consequences of the United States and Soviet Union’s race to see which country could dig the deepest hole.

Festivals: Sundance, Ann Arbor

  • Video from How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally)

    Directed by: Caveh Zahedi

    Still from How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally)

    Still from How To Overthrow The US Government (Legally)

    Directed by: Caveh Zahedi

  • Still from The Deepest Hole

    Still from The Deepest Hole

    Directed by: Matt McCormick

October 8-12, 2020

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