Brian with Bob Kirchner from Fox Company, 2/7
We kicked off our midwest tour yesterday in Pittsburgh at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. The hall has been a landmark in the Oakland neighborhood for decades and is famous for being one of the main filming locations for The Silence of the Lambs. The building its self is amazing and there is a great military museum inside that contains artifacts donated by Pennsylvania veterans from the Civil War to Operation Iraqi Freedom. We were honored to be able to use this fantastic space for our interviews and I highly recommend a visit to anyone who is in the area. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review also wrote up a short article on our visit, which can be viewed here: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_634883.html
We filmed in the auditorium of the Soldier's and Sailor's Hall
It was great to meet up with Chosin vets from my hometown. As soon as we wrapped up for the day we drove out to Detrot, where we were greeted by Phil Smith of the Dearborn Detachment of the Marine Corps League. Phil is a Marine and Vietnam Veteran who is very active in the Detroit veteran community, and he went out of his way to make sure we had everything we needed while we were in town. Thanks Phil!
George McCafferty (G Co, 31st RCT) and Brian at the Dearborn MCL Post
Brian and I also recieved some great news last week-- the film has been selected as one of just 75 documentaries for Independent Film Week in New York this September http://www.independentfilmweek.com/. Independent film week is hosted by our fiscal sponsors, The Independent Feature Project. The IFP has been helping independent filmmakers for over 30 years, and they have been instrumental in our ability to accomplish our mission. The IFP has once again opened doors for us by inviting us to be a part of Independent Film Week, and this will be a huge opportunity for us to network and find a distributor for the film. We have a lot of work to do to get prepared while we are still filming on the road, but it will all be worth it in the end. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
We will be filming in Milwaukee tomorrow morning and then we will be driving to Minneapolis for a two-day shoot with the veterans of the Upper Midwest Chapter of The Chosin Few.
Semper Fi,
Anton
We will be filming in Milwaukee tomorrow morning and then we will be driving to Minneapolis for a two-day shoot with the veterans of the Upper Midwest Chapter of The Chosin Few.
Semper Fi,
Anton
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