That’s right, it’s finally here, the independently produced documentary series for men, we’ve all been waiting for.

What will begin releasing this Sunday evening (5pm EST) is singlehandedly the most professional series of videos that I or The 21 Convention has ever played a hand in.

If you think the 2009 trailer or past event footage is impressive … you’re in for quite a surprise. What began as a collective documentary has transformed into what we are now calling “The Community Tapes: Volume 1”.

Volume 1 of this documentary series contains the cumulative effort of over half a dozen people during the course of the past ~7 months, represents hundreds of hours of work planning/filming/editing, and quite literally: multiple thousands of dollars of investment.

How does it differ from event footage?

Event footage is more … “educational” shall we say? This documentary series is just that – a documentary series of episodes, much like a TV show you would see a new episode of every week.

The difference there being, this is really cool, and doesn’t suck like a lot of the crap we are fed on TV =).

On a more serious note, I believe each episode is dramatically more powerful than it’s corresponding event speech (or speeches). It really is a whole new lens and an inside look into what convention speakers have to say on various topics of importance (and one 3 year convention attendee who has watched The 21 Convention, and myself, grow first hand over the years).

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The bottom line is: if you love the free event footage, you’re going to love this documentary series. Perfectly complimenting each other is an understatement, and doesn’t grasp what I suspect will happen as this series “picks up steam”.

Picking up Steam

I’m a big believer in pouring your heart and soul into something bigger than yourself – something you feel will have an impact on individuals, and as a by product, the rest of the world as well. Big or small, it makes little difference – it’s the idea and intent that count more than anything*.

*Although I would caution: be careful not to perpetuate what you set out to solve or improve upon. This is a trap our entire species seems hell bent on continuing =/.

In line with that, that’s what everyone involved has done with this documentary over the past 7 months. From the speakers that dug deeper than ever before during their interviews (and said things they may not have normally), to those who helped in the production and direction of the entire project (more than they know), to the director and editor (who spent countless hours toiling over every single second of footage) – to myself.

I really feel like this is a perfect extension of everything I have ‘done’ up to this point in my life, and believe this will fill in a lot of the gaps – that I see personally – not yet addressed at T21C or here on The Dream Lounge, for whatever reason.

It’s powerful stuff, and I’m excited to share what I’ve spent so much time and effort (along with many others) working on this year.

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In any case, I hope this has a real impact – however big – on our generation, and I hope individuals benefit from Volume 1 of The Community Tapes.

If one or two end up on the front page of Digg or get a Tweet from a person with a 6 or 7 digit following, that would be nice too =), but ultimately aside the point.

Learn more here on The21Convention.com about the coming documentary series (that will be distributed both on TDL and on The21Convention.com beginning this Sunday), and check out teaser trailers below of all those interviewed up to this point.

ps- I should add, both site disclaimers have been updated with the following, simply because so much was said, that it would be impossible to stand behind every little detail within this series – and I like keeping The 21 Convention relatively unbiased.

The opinions expressed here on TheDreamLounge.net through event footage/articles/videos and at corresponding live events are entirely the opinions of the independent and individual speakers and/or contributors to the web site, or live event – unless otherwise explicitly stated within the video, article, or similar media item under scrutiny – and do not necessarily reflect those of ANY organization, including those in which an independent speaker/contributor has or currently plays any sort of role – up to and including the role of ‘leader’ in all its forms.