Short Synopsis:
Rod Webber holds a carnival mirror to the underbelly of the 2016 election. Just at ease playing court jester for governors Bush and Kasich as catching an illegal FBI raid on film, Webber weaves in and out between worlds, giving a glimpse of American politics rarely seen on film.
Thrown over table at Trump rally (Jump to 2min)
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Bowie song with John Kasich
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Re the FBI raid with Unicorn Riot
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Appearing on Watching the Hawks (Jump to 13:45)
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On TYT re Huckabee debate
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on TYT re Fayetteville rally
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CBS re Jeb
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Secular Talk re Huckabee
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Dan Yorke Show
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This is a work-in-progress screening of “Flowers for Peace” which revolves around events that took place during the 2016 presidential election.
It started with director Rod Webber bringing flowers to strangers in the street. This lead to invites by Jeb Bush, John McCain and others prominent politicians to pray for peace on stage, (despite his obvious philosophical differences with them). But, ultimately this film documents the civil unrest and violence recorded at a total of 40 Trump events.
Joined by political mainstay Vermin Supreme at a multitude of events, there are plenty of comical interactions, like singing with Governor John Kasich and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. But, it is the interactions with Trump and his supporters in the wake of Trump’s election that today are the most relevant. Trump calls on Webber to recite scripture. Webber replies with verses critical of Trump and people with wealth. Trump blows it off and his supports attack Webber. At the next rally, Trump staff and police team up to throw Webber over a table, for the sin of asking Trump about the previous attack. Webber is arrested. Meanwhile the media is mostly silent.
Webber continues to be ejected and arrested, (for the crime of having flowers). As things evolve, Webber and friends are raided by the FBI, Homeland Security and ICE agents during the RNC. There was no warrant, but the agents entered the home with guns out, and denied it– and it is all caught on tape. Finally, on the eve of the inauguration, Webber is falsely stopped by Capitol Police in Washington DC, “for having a bomb.” No one will be surprised to find out, all Webber had nothing but flowers. This is what it is like to speak the truth in Donald Trump’s America.
SYNOPSIS
Rod Webber transforms from performance artist to peace activist as he travels the country and offers a “flower for peace” to the 2016 US presidential candidates. Along the way, he befriends Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham and John McCain who regularly have Webber lead a prayer for peace at their rallies. Webber’s probing scripture-related questions lead to embarrassing gaffes for Governors Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie, as well as other confused ramblings by hopefuls such as Ben Carson.
Webber strikes up a relationship with Gov. John Kasich, after striking a note about the death of David Bowie, in an encounter with Triumph the Insult Puppet Dog, who Kasich had invited onto his tour bus— presumably for clicks. Kasich subsequently invites Webber to play guitar at a number of his events, until Webber turns The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun” into a song about global warming in critique of Kasich’s position.
In the course of attending a staggering thirty nine Donald Trump rallies, Webber calls out Trump to his face for sins of the bible on numerous occasions, often leading to violence against Webber by police and Trump staff, all caught on camera.
Webber interviews prominent political figures and activists such as:
a) Ashley Williams who confronted Hillary Clinton for her “super-predators” remarks.
b) Consul General to Mexico, Daniel Hernandez Joseph who oversaw the case of the homeless
Mexican National who was urinated on and beaten by Trump supporters in Boston.
c) White Nationalist Jared Taylor of American Renaissance, who advocates for racial separation.
d) Andrew Hallinan, the owner of the so-called “anti-Muslim gun shop” in Florida.
Toward the end of the film, Webber is involved with a mega-phone interplay with right-wing talk show host Alex Jones, which devolves into a very large scuffle. Subsequently, Jones accuses “protesters” of throwing urine at the police in the exchange. The following morning Webber captured on film an illegal, warrantless, guns-out raid of he and his friends conducted as a joint effort by the FBI, Homeland Security, ICE and local police where officers entered the home and held sleeping activists at gun-point. Webber and his friends were accused of throwing bottles of urine, as Jones broadcast on his show.
Multiple court cases, with involvement by the ACLU are pending revolving around the illegal raid and arrests.
Other interviews include Dr. Jill Stein and Cenk Uygur as well as satirists Vic Berger and Vermin Supreme
Appearances by Dr. Cornel West, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Chris Hedges, Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, Lawrence Lessig, Gov. Gary Johnson, Gov. Bill Weld, Gov. Jim Gilmore, Carly Fiorina, Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Marco Rubio, Gov Scott Walker, Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Gov. Bobby Jindall, Sen. Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin, Bassem Youssef, Pete Tilly, Michael Steele, Kai Newkirk, Rocky DeLaFuente, Al Madrigal (The Daily Show), Jordan Carlos (The Nightly Show), Grace Parra (The Nightly Show), Darrell Hammond (SNL), Jay Pharoah (SNL), John Iadarola (TYT), Ana Kasparian (TYT), John Fugelsang, Michael Rooker, (The Walking Dead), Margot Kidder, (Superman), William Forsythe, Lou Ferrigno, Michael Dorn.
SHORT SYNOPSIS
Rod Webber transforms from performance artist to peace activist as he travels to offer a “flower for peace” to the 2016 presidential candidates. He befriends Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham and John McCain who regularly have Webber lead a prayer for peace at their rallies. Webber’s scripture-related questions lead to gaffes for Governors Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and others.
Webber strikes up a relationship with Gov. John Kasich, who invites Webber to sing at a number of his events, until Webber turns The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun” into a song about global warming in critique of Kasich’s position.
In the course of attending a staggering thirty nine Donald Trump rallies, Webber calls out Trump to his face for sins of the bible on numerous occasions, often leading to violence against Webber by police and Trump staff, all caught on camera.
Toward the end, Webber gets in a verbal interplay with right-wing talk show host Alex Jones, which devolves into what some call a riot, but was more like a big scuffle. Jones accuses “protesters” of throwing urine at the police on his show. Webber is named by the NY Daily News. The next day, Webber captured on film an illegal, warrantless, guns-out raid of he and his friends conducted by FBI, Homeland Security, ICE and local police. They accuse Webber of throwing urine, as Jones said, despite everything being on video.
Multiple court cases, with involvement by the ACLU are pending revolving around the illegal raid and arrests.
Rod Webber 