i am joined by mike perlman, director of the film "the 99% -- occupy everywhere." started by asking sam to characterize the movement, two years after it began. >> people do not see occupy in the headlines the way they did before, and assume it has gone away or something. for a lot of people involved, it really connected us with each other. i think a lot of us felt alone in our politics. it brought us together in a deep way. we have legitimate critiques a lot of the country identifies with. it is going to take a lot of civil disobedience to start to change things. it has really connected us. since then, we have worked on a lot of labor things, antiwar, all kinds of issues. i think it has brought new teeth to the left. >> you directed a documentary about the occupy movement. what kind of narrative did the documentary hit off? >> it was really important when i went down to zucotti park, listening, helping organize actions. i saw and heard people speaking intelligently and passionately about critical issues of our day, and offering solutions. i was not seeing that narr

studio and mike perlman in our new york studio mike is the director of the film the ninety nine percent occupy everywhere and i started off by asking sam to look back and characterize the occupy movement two years after it began. people don't see occupy in the headlines as much the way they did before and kind of assume that it has gone away or something but i think for us for a lot of people who are involved we really connected us with each other like before it started i think a lot of us were kind of felt alone in our politics and alone in our frustration around the country and brought us together in a real way very deep way it kind of radicalized us and showed us that like you know we have legitimate critics that a lot of the country identifies with and. sort of is going to take a lot of civil disobedience and a lot of our age to start to change things and it's really connected us and since then a lot of us have worked together on a lot of things a lot of you know anti-war. you know all kinds of issues have been really energized i think it's brought new to you to the left that we're