This must have been an unprecedented event in test-screening 
history. The most anticipated and highly secretive 
Machiavelli Hangman was screened to an audience of approximately 
three hundred people who seemed as eager as the fans of Star 
Wars. "Even though this is so low-budget I feel completely 
buzzed out from all the talk. I didn't feel like this eager 
when I went to see Revenge of the Sith and I'm one of the 
biggest Star Wars fans there is!" admitted John Welsh, one 
of the audience members.

The viewers all had to go through an individual screening 
process before they were admitted into the room. They all signed 
a non-disclosure form not to release any information from the 
film that is said to contain some information about the John 
F. Kennedy assassination.

Besides those eager group that would finally get a glimpse into 
the big secret, there were also a dozen of protestors rallying 
against the release of the film. "This is a travesty of our 
values. Like the Da Vinci code, they're lying to the public and 
passing it off as truth," said an angry protestor who preferred 
to remain unidentified.

When asked if she had seen the film, she explained that she would 
never sit through anything that she had heard so many disturbing 
things about.

After the two-hour screening, the audience members were given a 
packet and asked to keep it closed until they were in the privacy 
of their own homes. There were mostly big smiles on everyone's 
faces coming out of the theatre and some faces so pale, one would 
have thought they had seen ghost.

"It’s definitely something when you go in and you sit in that 
dark room not really knowing what to expect and then you’re hit 
by surprise after surprise. You don’t see it coming and you can’t 
blink because you’re so afraid you’d lose some vital information 
on the screen," says Catherine Ajemani.

When asked what the film was about, each person would shake her 
head and walk away without an answer. This must be a sign that 
what they saw behind those closed doors must have involved them 
to a greater degree than a Hollywood film would.

"This is an extremely important event that will open a lot of 
eyes and minds to how the American public is kept in the dark and 
how the media is used to deroute our awareness of things," said 
Julia Strumfeld, an associate producer on the film. 

Bill Portman is a movie reviewer.
Machiavelli Hangman
http://www.hangmanmovie.com