This website discusses the documentary film about youth voting "18 in '08"

18 in 08: A Film, A Movement, A Change

The goal of 18 in '08 is to promote and encourage more youth to vote and get involved in the political process.

 

 

 

Some of the people who have been interviewed for this film are:

U.S. Senators
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

U.S. Representatives
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH-9th)
Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ-8th)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA-4th)
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA-9th)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL-17th)
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT-5th)
Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL-12th)
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-17th)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-20th)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX-32nd)
Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT-4th)

Governors and Mayors
Mayor Cory Booker (Mayor of Newark)
Governor Jeb Bush (Former Governor of Florida)

Congressional Staffers
Virginia Neale (Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Ron Klein)
Eric Johnson (Chief of Staff, Rep. Robert Wexler)
Lale Mamaux (Former Press Secretary, Rep. Robert Wexler)

Media/Think Tanks
Doug Bailey (President, Unity08/Founder “The Hotline”)
Robert Bixby (Executive Director, Concord Coalition)
James Carville (Political Consultant)
General Wes Clark (Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander)
EJ Dionne (Washington Post Columnist)
Sam Donaldson (Veteran ABC political correspondent)
Ivan Frishberg (Young Voter PAC)
David Gergen (Presidential Advisor/Professor Kennedy School of Government)
Lawrence Korb (Former Assistant Secretary of Defense)
Ned Lamont (Democratic Nominee for Senate in Connecticut, 2006)
Norah O’Donnell (Chief Washington Correspondent for MSNBC)
Norm Ornstein (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute)
Alexandra Pelosi (Director, Journeys with George)
Peter Peterson (Former Secretary of Commerce/Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations)
Tom Rosenstiel (Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism)
Ted Sorensen (Advisor/Speechwriter, President John F. Kennedy)
Joe Trippi (Campaign Manager, Dean for America)
Richard Viguerie (Founder, Conservative Digest)
Gideon Yago (MTV News Correspondent)

Education/Academia
Charles Dolan (Professor, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs)
Donald Green (Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University)
David King (Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government)
Kent Portney (Political Science Professor, Tufts University)
Samantha Power (Author, A Problem From Hell)
Reg Weaver (President, National Education Association)
Howard Zinn (Author, A People’s History of the United States)

Outreach Organizers, Leaders, and Activists
Paul Brathwaite (Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus)
Shane Cory (Executive Director, Libertarian Party)
Richard Dreyfuss (Actor/Activist)
Chris Lewis (Virginia Outreach Coordinator, Generation Engage)
Kay Maxwell (Past President, League of Women Voters)
Roger Ream (President, Fund for American Studies)
Paul Rieckhoff (Executive Director, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America)
Hans Riemer (Executive Director, Rock the Vote)
Judy Shepard (Executive Director, Matthew Shepard Foundation)
Adrian Talbott (Executive Director of young voter initiative Generation Engage)
Devin Talbott (Chairman, Generation Engage)

Student Leaders
Jeff Aser (Boston College Student)
Kate Demers (Vice President, Harvard Institute of Politics Student Advisory Group)
Jay Dulski (Secretary, Boston University Republicans)
Drew Fleeter (National Campaign Chair, Harvard Institute of Politics Student Advisory Group)
Brendan Gants (President, Yale Democrats)
Josh Gee (Boston University Student)
Daniel Grant (Tufts University Student)
Sam Hodge (Truman State University Student)
Alison Hoover (Tufts University Student)
Cory Kalanick (President, Boston University Democrats)
Berry Kennedy (President, Yale Unity 08)
Awais Khaleel (Vice President, College Democrats of America)
Jeffrey Kwong (President, Harvard Republicans)
Phil LaCombe (Brandeis University Student)
Emily Lamont (Harvard University Student)
Matt Lesser (President, Connecticut College Democrats)
Roger Low (President, Yale Political Union)
Scott Merrick (Senior, Tufts University/New Hampshire State Representative)
Alan Meyerson (President, Brandeis Republicans)
Dave Moberg (President, Northeastern Republicans)
Chas Morrison (President, Weston Young Republicans)
LaKeisha Myers (Membership Director, College Democrats of America)
Katie Naranjo (University of Texas Student)
Kayt Norris (President, Tufts Democrats)
Jordan Rothman (Brandeis University Student)
Joe Seago (Vice-Chair, College Democrats of America Disability Caucus)
Famid Sinha (University of Pennsylvania Student)
Max Sklar (Yale University Student)
Sean Smith (President, George Washington University Democrats)
Lamar Thorpe (President, George Washington University Student Association)
Eamon Welch (Trinity College Student)
Quinn Wilhelmi (President, The Roosevelt Institution)
Lauren Wolfe (President, College Democrats of America)
Rani Woods (Boston University Student)
Alex Yergin (President, Yale Republicans)