About the Filmmakers SANDRA DICKSON, CHURCHILL ROBERTS, CINDY HILL and CARA PILSON have co-produced and written several documentaries for national distribution on PBS. Their most recent film was the critically acclaimed Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, which aired in 2006 on the PBS series Independent Lens and won the Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary. Their previous film, Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, also won the Barnouw Award. Other documentaries include Giving Up the Canal, Campaign for Cuba, Last Days of the Revolution and Deciding Who Dies, all of which have been distributed internationally as well as on video. The team has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the NEA, the North Carolina Humanities Council, Freedom Forum and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Roberts and Churchill are Co-Directors of The Documentary Institute, The College of Journalism and Communications, The University of Florida; Cindy Hill and Cara Pilson are the InstituteÕs Associate Directors. Composer Bio: TODD BOEDELHEIDE (Composer) won an Academy Award in 1984 for Best Sound for Amadeus, and an Emmy in 1998 for scoring the documentary Kids of Survival. He has scored numerous films; his feature film credits include Spin, The Outsider, One, Nina Takes a Lover, Digger, Shimmer, Exposure, Hard Act to Follow, The Blood of Heroes, Deadly Dreams and Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. BoedelheideÕs documentary credits include Boffo! TinseltownÕs Bombs and Blockbusters, Three Woman and a Chateau, Ballets Russes, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, Smitten, Freedom Machines, The Future of Food, Last Letters Home, Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution, Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home, A Great Wonder, Discovering Dominga, Bellevue Inside Out, Forgotten Fires, Regret to Inform, Fear and Favor in the Newsroom, Hearts of Darkness: A FilmmakerÕs Apocalypse, and Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. |
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About the Filmmakers
SANDRA DICKSON, CHURCHILL ROBERTS, CINDY HILL and CARA PILSON have co-produced and written several documentaries for national distribution on PBS. Their most recent film was the critically acclaimed Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, which aired in 2006 on the PBS series Independent Lens and won the Erik Barnouw Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary. Their previous film, Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore, also won the Barnouw Award. Other documentaries include Giving Up the Canal, Campaign for Cuba, Last Days of the Revolution and Deciding Who Dies, all of which have been distributed nationally and internationally. The team has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Humanities Council, The Freedom Forum and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Roberts and Dickson are Co-Directors of The Documentary Institute, a division of The College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida; Cindy Hill and Cara Pilson are the Institute’s Associate Directors.
Music Score Composer
TODD BOEKELHEIDE won an Academy Award in 1984 for Best Sound for Amadeus, and an Emmy in 1998 for scoring the documentary Kids of Survival. He has scored numerous films; his feature film credits include Spin, The Outsider, One, Nina Takes a Lover, Digger, Shimmer, Exposure, Hard Act to Follow, The Blood of Heroes, Deadly Dreams and Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart. Boekelheide’s documentary credits include Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters, Three Women and a Chateau, Ballets Russes, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action, Smitten, Freedom Machines, The Future of Food, Last Letters Home, Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution, Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home, A Great Wonder, Discovering Dominga, Bellevue Inside Out, Forgotten Fires, Regret to Inform, Fear and Favor in the Newsroom, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, and Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
from Left - Cindy Hill, Sandra Dickson, Cara Pilson, Churchill Roberts
Todd Boekelheide