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Filmmaker stands behind feature 'The Youngest Candidate' will screen at Michael Moore's film fest in Michigan. Sensing another chance for a doc to influence the electorate, Michael Moore is tubthumping "The Youngest Candidate" at his annual film fest in Traverse City, Mich. The film, about four teenage political hopefuls, screens at the fest on Wednesday with the hope that a distrib will step in for a fall rollout. The film, directed by tyro helmer Jason Pollock, is produced by Lawrence Bender, Balance Vector Prods. and David Letterman's Worldwide Pants. Other youth-oriented political docs are also seeking an election-year bounce. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope just picked up "FrontRunners," a SXSW fave about the presidential race at Gotham's Stuyvesant High School. It's set for an Oct. 15 bow at Film Forum. The key... [read full story]
