How to Land an Interview With the President. Step One: YouTube

By Chris Ariens 

Documentary producer and former FishbowlDCer Patrick Gavin has a new project in the works. He’s spending President Obama’s final 500 days in office trying to get an interview with the Commander in Chief. Gavin, who was behind the documentary Nerd Prom, plans to produce a new YouTube video every day, with the hopes of landing a presidential interview along the way. On Sunday morning, the 8th day of the project, Gavin went on MSNBC and was interviewed by Alex Witt. It was very meta. The documentarian, being interviewed, while filming his own interview for his documentary. Here it is:

Advertisement
Advertisement