Outpost: The Silent Production Partner 5 - Documentaries
Last but not least, the documentaries. Outpost Worldwide has helped produce five different feature length documentaries in the past four years. Two documentaries on World War II. A documentary on the fight for Pro Life and it’s struggle to bring this monumental human rights struggle to the masses. A story of an Artist who has electrified the New York art scene at the age of eighty-four. And, a good old fashioned Rock and Roll Documentary about the struggle of being a musician in a world and Industry they will likely be undiscovered.
First up, the documentaries, Let Freedom Ring…The Lesson is Priceless and Let Freedom Ring…Memories of France. These World War II documentaries were created by George Ciampa, a World War II veteran with the 607th Graves Registration Company and the president of LET FREEDOM RING. Today, the history of this era is not commonly known by many youth of today. Too often people take freedom for granted and never realize that there is always a chance for it to be taken away. For example, people in Europe lost their freedom as Nazi Germany occupied their countries.
George Ciampa created LET FREEDOM RING in order to educate today’s generation on the importance of FREEDOM and to never forget those men and women who gave their lives for freedom. Today’s generation cannot be complacent about the security of our freedom that so many servicemen and women have died for over the years.
In August 2006, Ciampa took four Southern California high school history teachers, two First Division “Battle of the Bulge” veterans, and a documentary crew to Belgium. The purpose was to enlighten the teachers about the hardships of the Belgian people who lived under the Nazi occupation as well as hear the experiences of the veterans who fought the Nazis. The tour was filmed for a documentary, Let Freedom Ring…The Lesson is Priceless, to pass this information to younger generations.
In July 2007, Ciampa took other high school history teachers and other veterans of the D-Day Normandy Invasion to France. The purpose was to enlighten the teachers about the hardships of the French people who lived under the Nazi occupation as well as hear the experiences of the veterans who fought the Nazis. The tour was also filmed for a documentary, Let Freedom Ring…Memories of France, to pass this information to younger generations.
Currently, Let Freedom Ring…The Lesson is Priceless and Let Freedom Ring…Memories of France are being broadly distributed throughout the California Educational system and are being aired on PBS affiliate KTWU in Topeka, Kansas. The hope is that these documentaries will be widely distributed throughout the PBS system. Let Freedom Ring…The Lesson is Priceless will make its film festival debut at the G.I. Film Festival in Washington D.C. on Sunday May 17, 2009.
To Learn more about Let Freedom Ring…The Lesson is Priceless and Let Freedom Ring…Memories of France go to letfreedomringforall.org.
In January 2008 with the inauguration of Barack Obama and a march for one of the greatest civil rights issues, The Right to Life was about to have there annual march on Washington D.C. Courageous filmmakers Jack Cashill and Steven Sanborne chronicle the adventures of several groups of college age kids as they make their journey to Washington D.C. to march on the Supreme Court.
Outpost Worldwide helped the filmmaker realize their journey by providing five camera crews, technical support, funding, editing and self-distribution. The film has been shown to packed out theaters throughout the Midwest and is receiving rave revues. To learn more about Thine Eyes please visit thineeyes.org.
Bob Mozcydlowski, is a very talented “jack of all trades”. He is a graduate of both the Kansas University School of Journalism and the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Management Degree programs. Bob is the founder of Closed Systems and as far as Outpost can tell a great storyteller.
Outpost Worldwide has helped Bob on his filmmaking Journey through two feature length documentaries, when finished, will no doubt inspire filmmakers and audiences the world over.
The first documentary, which is still in Post Production, is To Tell You The Truth. The story of Eugene Andolsek, who at the age of eighty-four was discovered as a genius outsider artist by the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Underlying the success of this artist, we come to find that Eugene has actually lived a tortured life, with little or no friends, which propels Eugene to create a body of work the spans over fifty years. The Documentary chronicle Eugene’s success and his doubt as a human being and a success after a lifetime of failures.
To Tell You The Truth, was picked up in 2007 and mentored by the Sundance Institutes Independent Producer Program. Outpost Worldwide looks forward to seeing this film on the festival circuit in the near future. To see an excerpt of the film go to outpostworldwide.com.
The second effort of Bob’s filmmaking career is a clever documentary about the struggles, and conditions of an Indy Rock lifestyle in, 72 Musicians. The Documentary interviews seventy two musicians from a fledging Midwest rock scene who although are brilliant musicians in the own write, will meet success, failure, and the ultimate dream crusher of non-discovery. The Documentary is sewn together with the interviews telling a story with some of the best indy rock acts in the United States today.
72 Musicians is hitting the film festival circuit with three acceptances into the film festival circuit! Stay tuned, there will be more to come.