Teaser for documentary film Citizen Wealth

Toronto-based filmmaker Nick Taylor has released a teaser for Citizen Wealth, a documentary film-in-progress about the life work of influential and controversial political figure Wade Rathke.

Rathke was the chief organizer of Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which, from 1970 to 2010,  empowered low- and moderate-income families by working on neighbourhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues.

Over the past four years, Taylor has travelled to Rathke's home state of Louisiana, as well as various other American locations, to shoot the film. In 2012, Taylor's Casa Libra Productions teamed up with Joey Carey of Sundial Pictures, one of the producers of the fantastic documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. The film is slated for a summer 2013 completion date, and Taylor hopes to have a release date for sometime in 2014.

In 2011, I assisted Nick with a pre-production shoot when Wade was in Toronto for a guest-speaking session at George Brown College.

For information on Citizen Wealth and Nick Taylor's other projects, visit www.casalibraproductions.com/

CITIZEN WEALTH TEASER WINTER 2013 from casa libra on Vimeo.