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Returning Home: Interactive Website to Honor American Soldiers
November 12, 2009“It's really a personal story not a political one. That goes for the greeters themselves as well. They have different views on the war, but their main goal is to support the troops.” — Aron Gaudet, director, THE WAY WE GET BY On call for the past six years, a group of senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in…
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THE WAY WE GET BY Premiering Tonight on P.O.V.
November 11, 2009"If you watch/record one thing this evening, I strongly recommend THE WAY WE GET BY, Aron Gaudet's moving documentary..." - USA Today On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, THE WAY WE GET BY tells their uplifting and…
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At AFI Digifest with Programming Manager Karim Ahmad
November 11, 2009Last week, on the heels of the announcement about FUTURESTATES, a new online fictional series by ITVS, I had the pleasure of previewing the series and one of its key distribution and promotional tools at this year’s AFI Digifest. This was part of AFI’s Digital Content Lab, an incubation program where content makers and technical innovators collaborate to…
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D TOUR Premiering Tonight on Independent Lens
November 10, 2009"D TOUR goes in a couple of stunning directions, especially in the roller coaster final half hour." - NUVO Newsweekly Pat Spurgeon has big dreams to make it as an indie rock musician. Just as his career is about to take off, he suffers an incredible setback when one of his kidneys begins to fail. Follow Pat on his emotional search for a living organ donor. But can…
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TATTOOED UNDER FIRE Filmmaker Discusses Fort Hood Shootings
November 9, 2009TATTOOED UNDER FIRE, airing this month on public television (check local listings), looks at the River City Tattoo Parlor in Killeen, Texas--home to Fort Hood, America's largest military base--where war-bound and returning soldiers go under the needle and confess their deepest secrets and fears. Watch video clips from the film and read filmmaker Nancy…