YouTube is about to air its first full-length feature film: a political documentary being shown coincidentally during election year in America.
No End In Sight is a documentary movie by director Charles Ferguson which has won many awards, including the Documentary Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
In Full On YouTube
The Academy Award nominee has now been announced as the first widely-released feature film to be screened in its entirety on video sharing site YouTube.
The film looks at the political decisions made before, during, and after the invasion of Iraq and America’s continuing occupation of the country.
Coinciding With Presidential Election
It was released theatrically in 2007 but will now be aired for all to see on YouTube between September 1st and November 4th. This coincides with the US Presidential election.
The film will be available completely free and without adverts on its own YouTube channel as well as the YouTube service on TiVo HD DVRs.
The Director Speaks Out
According to MarketWatch, the director Charles Ferguson said:
“I wanted to make the film, and the facts about the occupation of Iraq, accessible to a larger group of people. My hope is that this will contribute to the process of making better foreign policy decisions moving forward in Iraq and elsewhere.”
During this election year, it’s important to examine the leadership mentality and policies that caused Iraq to descend into such a horrific state that after 4,000 American deaths, at least a quarter million Iraqis killed, 4 million refugees, and over $2 trillion spent, Iraq remains in a state of near collapse.”
Great For All
This is a great move for both YouTube and the film’s director as it makes a film which would only have got average audiences in cinemas to a much wider demographic of people.
The Future For YouTube?
With deals such as these coupled with the recently announced Screening Room showing independent films, YouTube is certainly embracing more types of video than it has been known for up to now.
YouTube seem to making great strides in turning away from unprofitable, unmeaning short-form content such as a dog doing tricks and moving towards more long-form content with a point to make.
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