As it quickly warms up here in the northeast U.S. and the humidity settles in for another Summer the movement known as Occupy Wall Street seems to be resurfacing and making its presence known once again. It never went away but as the winter brought people in from the cold and police departments around the country and the world broke up encampments and tent cities there wasn’t much being said about the Occupy Wall Street movement. 2011 was a very interesting year and a year that personally left me in awe as I watched what is now called the “Arab Spring” shoot across North Africa and towards the Middle East in a wave that month after month saw something new, protests stretched from Africa to literally around the world and then as almost a symbolism of how the sun shines on the world the United States caught the wave towards the end of the year with mass protests against a very unfavorable law in Wisconsin and then in September a group of people set up tents in lower Manhattan and the world watched as it became almost a mainstay. From September to close to December Occupy Wall Street became normal in a way that you almost forgot that before September 17th it was just a park in the financial district, no different from many other small parks in Manhattan.
In this digital world, time is tricky, days can seem longer, weeks and months can seem like years, this is the energy that the documentary “#whilewewatch” captures. The documentary comes in at just under 40 minutes but the comprehensive nature of the film makes it seem as though you sitting for two hours. The documentary covers almost every aspect of the Occupy Wall Street movement from the inside as well as commentary from those on the outside. Regardless of what most think of Occupy Wall Street 2011 was as close to the late 1960′s as my generation has ever seen thus far. Block out an hour and watch “#Whilewewatch” but don’t get too lost, remember this all happened less than a year ago.
