The Case of Geoffrey Blank

Producer/DP/Editor: Konrad Aderer
Documentary-in-progress. Geoffrey Blank faces four years in prison for his anti-war demonstrations during the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Geoffrey is an intensely outspoken anti-war activist who, like over 1,800 others, was arrested during the Republican National Convention in 2004. His last arrest, in August 2004, was ostensibly for speaking on a bullhorn in Union Square Park without a permit. He's currently on trial in a consolidated case which comprises a laundry list of demonstrably false charges stemming from his anti-war activities. If convicted, Geoffrey could be imprisoned for four years.

Despite the peril he's in, Geoffrey staged a protest right below District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office calling the NYPD "treasonous" for its campaign of politically tinged arrests.