in 2004, a documentary film was directed and produced by joseph mealey and michael paradies shoob with the shortened title, "bush's brain". in that film, a series of political insiders of both major parties suggest that karl rove, president george w. bush's closest advisor, has almost single-handedly shaped united states executive branch policies, since the days when george w. bush was running for governor of texas. the documentary film, available on dvd (dvd release date: february 15, 2005, run time: 80 minutes), is narrated by jacques vroom, jr. and contains a soundtrack featuring the music of singer-songwriter political activist, michelle shocked.