Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08

{{short description|2009 film by Chris Strouth}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08

| image = Unconvention_movie_poster.jpg

| director = Chris Strouth

| starring = Joel Edwards (narration)

| writer =

| producer = Chris Strouth, Dan Jagunich, Joan Sekler, Steve Dietz, Alek Roslik

| editing = Dylan Thies

| distributor = Alternavision Films

| released = {{Film date|2009|04|26|Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival}}

| runtime = 126 min.

| language = English

| budget =

| music =

}}

Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08 is a documentary directed by Minneapolis artist Chris Strouth about the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. The film edits together a wide variety of film and video shot by dozens of independent journalists and citizen videographers with divergent political viewpoints, compiling a mosaic of perspectives on the four days of the convention.{{cite news |last=Crann |first=Tom |url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/04/22/unconvention_qa |title=Director describes film as a 'mix tape' of the RNC |work=All Things Considered |publisher=MPR News |date=2009-04-22 |accessdate=2014-09-01 }} It was produced by Alternavision Films, a California production company specializing in political documentaries.{{cite web |url=http://www.alternavisionfilms.com/unconvention.html |title=Unconvention: A Mix-Tape from St. Paul, RNC '08 |publisher=Alternavision Films, Inc. |accessdate=2014-09-02 }} Unconvention was one of eight full-length features chosen to debut as part of the "Minnesota Made" series at the 2009 Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival.{{cite news |last=McClanahan |first=Erik |url=http://www.vita.mn/templates/Vitamn_Print_Article?id=43091272 |title=MSPIFF's Minndependents |work=City Pages |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2014-09-01 }}