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His eyes favored dissension. He wanted revolution. He did all things, uniquely his way. He didn't know how to give reverence to those above him. He could be arrogant at times. His way of argument was a sign of endearment, not of hostility.




I met Josh Wolf on Thanksgiving weekend nearly four years ago, when we were making protest signs at his house in the Lower Haight. I suppose it was one of those moments when you meet someone, and realize that you feel as if you've known them forever.

We chatted, and I left for London. We kept in touch, and when I came back, before the entire incident with the FBI, the Supreme Court, Frontline, the New York Times, the Steven Colbert show, I told Josh, "I want to document what you do."

He trusted me to film him when he was used to being behind the camera. I had him improvise a speech and then made him repeat it under several different microphones in varying tones of voices. At first, he was tenuous. Josh doesn't like being directed, he prefers to direct himself. I told him, perspective was different from behind the camera than when in front of it. He trusted me to do it, he spoke in the tones I asked him to. When I first showed the episode of him for my show on Peralta two years ago- he said to me quietly, "That was fucking awesome." It was exactly a year before he would be sent to jail for withholding evidence to become the longest held journalist in captivity in American history.

This is the trailer of the full length documentary to be released next year.