Occupy Central Park (2012)

Occupy Central Park follows 19-year-old student Itamar and a group within Occupy Wall Street as they work to organize a large benefit concert in Central Park at the height of the fall 2011 protest movement. In the shadow of a tumultuous decade and at the height of revolutionary energy that swept the world in 2011, Itamar embarks on an effort to produce a massive "Occupy Worlds Fair" concert that captures the hope and promise for a better future. Over the course of a critical month as Occupy Wall Street entrenched its protest at Zuccotti Park, Itamar follows through on his vision and encounters unforeseen obstacles as well as unexpected support from key players in the movement. Occupy Central Park presents the behind the scenes story of a 19-year-old as he tries create a new day for the unprecedented movement that captivated the world's attention in the fall of 2011. The story of the greatest concert that never happened, Occupy Central Park captures the sights and sounds, highs and lows, of the Occupy Wall Street movement.