By Allen Blumberg, writer/director
(from the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival)
I always wanted to make a film that took place during the depths of the McCarthy Era. And I always wanted to make a film about newspaper people when newspapers were at the zenith of their influence. And I wanted to make a film about America's obsession with race, and our long and continuing journey dealing with it.
Ghosts of the Heartland does not have an America-bashing agenda. That sort of thing isn't productive. But I won't apologize for our past, either. There have been wrongs that need to be made right. I hope we have done that in a way that shows there are people of all races who stood up when the time was right. And some who let others do the heavy lifting for them.
I hope you catch our film and find it entertaining. Also, I hope you feel motivated to talk about it over coffee after the show.
Please check out the 30-second film clip, production photos and press kit on the Ghosts of the Heartland website. -MPM
Screens at The Quad arthouse theater in New York, May 22 to May 28. View trailer: www.warmflashproductions.com/heartland_final.mov
Also see MPM's movie review: Ghosts of the Heartland.
Photo courtesy of the filmmaker.
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