Lacking either definitive leadership or agenda, the occupiers may be getting the brush off for all the wrong reasons.
But where do you get at the real city, the neglected places, the spots left uncovered by popular culture?
Local filmmaker Dinesh Sabu has honesty going for him – and that honesty is crucial for his project to work.
No coffee, no knick-knacks, just books.
The table tops? He says, wrapping his knuckle against one. “All Formica.”
“Are you gonna show up? Or are you not gonna show up? This is really the essential choice that we make every day.”
