I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool in me, I guess.
And shooting things in a documentary style was a good way to create tension and energy without money.
Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.