Casting a vote, is that a point you wanted to make in this film?
Casting a vote is important. We wanted to make young people feel that they have a role
in the democratic process. Whether they could physically vote or not. We wanted to
show that they were engaged in the process.

How long did it take you to make this film?
We started in November 2007 and finished in early 2009.

How was shooting in Bhutan?
Wonderful and expensive and cumbersome. The crew had to pay a daily tourist tax of $250 per person while in production in Bhutan. The country is not overrun with tourists.
For an independent film crew working there it was extraordinarily expensive. The people in the country were friendly and very willing to talk.

What was Bhutan like?
Bhutan is incredibly beautiful and rural. There is very little development. There is no other place like it. No international business presence. No Starbucks , no home depot. So you really get a clear view of what life is like.

Can you explain Gross National Happiness?
In an interview with the King of Bhutan he went into how one can measure GNH. It includes the general well being of the people. They are concerned with how the country develops and what is good for the Bhutanese people. It is actually taken very seriously. It is a government policy.

Then it was back to the grit of Brooklyn?
The political culture was a shock. In Bhutan, the media is young and the tone of the media and people had optimism there. In Bhutan, people were hesitant to talk on camera about what party they were voting for. In America, the kids were exhausted at election time by the media coverage. People seemed bombarded with media coverage in United States.

What can aspiring filmmakers taken from seeing this film?
When we started out to make this film people said "This has been done many times over, why do you want to do this? But we had our own interesting perspective of Election 2008. If you think you have an interesting perspective on a story to tell, don't let people dissuade you from that.