Do You All Mind If I Post A "W'' Every Once In A While?

I don’t think I’ve ever told this story here.  A few years ago, a gentleman in the Atlanta area that I knew from social media asked me to have lunch with him as he had a proposal for me.  That gentleman was Chris Cofer and at lunch he began telling me about a production company he wanted to form to make a documentary on the history of anarchism.  And he already had Robert Beeler on board (we had all previously shared a meal).  I had misgivings as I knew nothing about film-making, but Chris convinced me he did and that he already had specific tasks for me in mind.

The one thing we both knew was that we had to do a LOT of interviews for this documentary.  I mentioned the best place to perform these interviews would be at the Mises University since there would be as many as 20 scholars and professors attending and we could interview all of them in one visit.  However, as Mises U didn’t occur for another 8 months, Chris and Robert decided to go to Anarchapulco to grab a couple interviews – which, as some of you may know from various podcasts, turned into a clusterfuck.

So, after that experience, we began drafting a script and hammered out questions in preparation for Mises U.  And I have to say, Mises U turned out better than we planned because there were two people we did not think we'd get to interview – Andrew Napolitano and Ryan McMaken.  But we were lucky to grab them and both made great contributions to the documentary.

After Mises U, Chris did a Texas and Louisiana trip where he interviewed Stephen Kinsella, Ron Paul, Daniel McAdams, Walter Block, Scott Horton, and Max Borders.  He then flew to Denver to interview Michael Huemer.  And finally, Chris flew to the East Coast (all this in the middle of moving to Oregon) to meet with James Scott, Sal the Agorist, Maj Toure, Tom Woods, and yours truly.

Then the fun started.  Chris began to lay out how the film would look and flow.  I swear the first draft he shared was 3 hours, maybe more.  So, the fat cutting started.  By the time we pieced together the parts, it was 1 hour and 45 minutes.  Music (JJ Boogie), animation (John Miles) and everything else was added.  The final piece was bringing on Cody Smith to create the intro and add motion graphics.

When I saw the finished product, I was floored.  We did it.  We had actually put together the film we discussed 20 months earlier.

Then today, when I am not in the greatest mood due to having a tooth pulled, I see one of my heroes, Waco massacre survivor David Thibodeau, advertising “Monopoly on Violence” even though I have never mentioned it to him.  That definitely brought me out of pain for at least a few minutes.  I am taking a “W” for the day.