Category Archives: Documentary

New Austin Film Festival Ad

The New Austin Film Festival Ad is now online. Directed and Animated by Cameron Petri, Produced and Edited by Don Swaynos for essempe.com. The 15th Annual Austin Film Festival runs October 16th through the 23rd.

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Year at Danger Reviewed on Bad Lit

Mike Everleth at Bad Lit posted his very positive review of Year at Danger today. He says “This is an incredibly powerful, emotionally moving and deeply resonant documentary” and that it “…unfolds like a traditional action film, really.” You can … Continue reading

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The American Widow Project in The Los Angeles Times

Here’s the link to the LA Times article. Also, an article appeared in The Daily News, you can read that here.

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Year at Danger in National Guard Magazine

Year at Danger is featured in an article in the current issue of National Guard Magazine. You can check out the article here. (Be advised that this will download a PDF file of the full article, for the magazine’s main … Continue reading

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The American Widow Project in the New York Times

The American Widow Project is featured on the front page of the Arts section in today’s New York Times. You can read the article here.

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The American Widow Project Featured on In Their Boots

The American Widow Project is going to be featured on three upcoming episodes of Brave New Foundation’s new web series In Their Boots. They’ve posted two trailers (1, 2) and a Supplemental Short. The first episode will air live Wednesday … Continue reading

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Press for The American Widow Project

With its launch/premiere, The American Widow Project garnered a lot of press over the weekend… CBS 11 – 07.03.08 KVUE – 07.10.08 Fox 7 – 07.11.08 San Marcos Record – 07.11.08 Austin American Statesman – 07.12.08 News 8 Austin – … Continue reading

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Film Threat Gives Year at Danger 5 Stars!

Year at Danger received a fantastic review from Pete Vonder Haar at Film Threat. He gives it 5 stars (out of 5) and calls it “…an extraordinary achievement…” “…truly remarkable…” and “…not to be missed.” Read the whole review here.

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Year at Danger Wins Grand Jury Prize at deadCENTER

Year at Danger received the Grand Jury Prize at the deadCENTER Film Festival last weekend. It was an amazing festival and we’d like to thank Kim Haywood, Melissa Scaramucci, Cacky Poarch and everyone else at the deadCENTER Film Festival for … Continue reading

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Year at Danger – Press / Screenings

Fox 7 News Edge at 9 in Austin, TX did a story of Year at Danger, you can watch it on Fox 7’s website. Also, Year at Danger will be screening in Austin at the Regal Arbor Cinema, Thursday June … Continue reading

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