A Woodstock film studio is working on a documentary feature to capture the rising Tea Party movement.

"Tea Party: The Documentary Film" is the work of Ground Floor Video, which is based in a studio off Arnold Mill Road in Woodstock and is owned by Luke Livingston of Towne Lake.

After attending the Tax Day Tea Party in Atlanta on April 15, Livingston said he knew that this movement was "going to be interesting to follow."

The documentary follows five people involved in the Tea Party movement - including two from Woodstock - and their journey to the 9/12 March on Washington, D.C. in September, which Livingston said he anticipated "would be big."

"I wanted to find some people that were armchair politicians that have been forced to action," he said.

The film follows five main characters from Georgia and features footage collected from events across the country and ultimately to the march in September.

Livingston said he felt the story of the Tea Party protestors needed to be told.

"They were being trashed in the media," he said, adding people at the Tea Party events were being called an "angry mob" and "racists."

"I knew that wasn't true," he said.

A 28-minute sneak peek of the documentary has been shown to audiences across the country, which has resulted in "surprising" responses from those in attendance.

"People were cheering, applauding, laughing," he said. "I didn't know they would react like that."

Jenny Beth Martin of Towne Lake, a national organizer for Tea Party Patriots, said Livingston has a passion for the project and is using his talent where he can be most effective.

"This is something that is so hard to sum up in a news article," Mrs. Martin, who also appears in the film said about the documentary. "He did way more than I ever could have imagined."

Pritchett Cotton of Atlanta, the director of the documentary, said the characters also are used to go into deeper issues, such as allegations of racism and that the movement is funded by special interests.

"We use our characters to shed some light on some misconceptions," he said, adding the movie tells people what the Tea Party movement is about.

Livingston, who started the company in 2006 and built out the studio in the fall of last year, is the executive producer of the project. The company does corporate video production, such as training videos.

Funding for the project came from individual donors, donated time from the crew and from Livingston. The film will be released on DVD on Thanksgiving, and pre-orders are available through Nov. 21 at www.teapartymovie.com at the discounted price of $18.95 with free shipping.