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When Lightning Strikes: The Making and Meaning of a Patriotic Symbol
This blog post, written by Molly Hermann, Producer/Writer/Director of “A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America,” appears on the National Museum of American History’s “O Say Can You See?” blog: As ubiquitous as grass in a yard or mailboxes along the roadside, for...
read moreTBF LAUNCHES KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FOR NEW INDIE FILM
UPDATE: The KICKSTARTER campaign was a success! Thank you to everybody who donated, we are overwhelmed with gratitude for your support. If you are still interested in donating to the project, please follow this link to donate with PayPal: The Biscuit Factory has...
read moreThe Biscuit Factory Wins a 2013 CINE Masters Series Award
On June 17, 2013, The Biscuit Factory was honored at the CINE Awards Gala with a 2013 CINE Master Series Award for "9/11: Stories in Fragments." The Masters Series Award is presented to the "top telecast series and the best CINE Golden Eagle Award-winning production...
read moreFilming the Jefferson Bible
This post first appeared on the National Museum of American History's O Say Can You See? blog: I must admit I was skeptical. Very skeptical. As the new person tasked with finding compelling topics for Smithsonian Channel programs, it didn’t seem possible that a film...
read moreBlogging from Paradise
I’m sitting on the porch of a guest house. It has a corregated tin roof and a floor made from lengths of bamboo split in half. In one or two places, your foot goes right through the floor. Inside are several bedrooms but a gigantic wolf spider- something like a...
read more9/11: Stories in Fragments
Our crew was having dinner in New York City when we heard Bin Laden had been found and killed. We grabbed a cab back to our hotel so we could watch Obama’s speech, and on the way told the cabbie what had happened. He was so excited he could barely drive – trying to...
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