Joe McGovern

Progressive Democrat turned independent-minded filmmaker. Created The Other Side, traveling 20,000 miles across 35 states and conducting 82 interviews to bridge partisan divides in America.

New Documentary Will Change The Way You Look at U.S. Politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtA_9myr96g&feature=youtu.be If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 43 years, it’s that most things of

By Joe McGovern

September 29, 2016

Coming Soon: What If Liberals and Conservatives Actually Listened to Each Other?

My name is Joe McGovern. I recently drove 20,000 miles across the United States, through 35 states over 5 months to film my documentary, “The Other Side: A Liberal

By Joe McGovern

July 27, 2016

A Liberal Democrat Explores Conservative America and Lives to Tell About It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSDIomtEUkA Starting in July 2015, IVN partnered with independent filmmaker Joe McGovern to produce a documentary titled: “The Other Side: A Liberal Democrat Explores

By Joe McGovern

July 7, 2016

Politicon 2015: An Overview by 'Other Side' Director Joe McGovern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCckmqImkyA Politicon, which was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 9 and 10, was billed as a nonpartisan, comic-con style

By Joe McGovern

October 14, 2015

The Other Side: How to Understand and Overcome Our Addiction to Outrage

Today I want to talk to you about outrage and what I learned from filming my documentary, The Other Side: a liberal democrat explores conservative America. We’re addicted to

By Joe McGovern

July 31, 2015

Documentary: Why Are We So Angry at the Other Side?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D89se8YNfss So, I used to watch The Daily Show every day. It was smart, funny, insightful, revealing, and it reflected the obvious inconsistencies and

By Joe McGovern

July 14, 2015