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Truth On The Line Cast Interview 2: Steve McKee


Steve discusses the dual nature of the TOTL story, what attracted him as an actor to the project and to the lead role of Stan, and the benefits he saw in director (and Pan Left member) Steev Hise's use of the Mark Travis directing technique.

Truth On The Line's first episode is in post-production. For more information and related content, and to sign up for the TOTL newsletter, see truthontheline.tv

OpenIndie

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"Truth On The Line" Post-Production Proceeding

This is an exciting time in the creation of the Truth On the Line pilot episode.
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Truth On The Line: Pre-Production

Most of the time, Pan Left member projects are documentaries. This is what Pan Left Productions is known for. The desire to passionately present truths and true stories previously unheard or underheard has been the fundamental drive of the organization.

For the last six years of my filmmaking career that's been my priority as well, and I don't think I'll ever stop making non-fiction films. However, my experiences and

Rough Clip from "Death and Taxes": Eszter and Larry

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This is a brief clip of part of the ongoing rough cut of the war tax resistance documentary, "Death and Taxes." This clip is part of an interview with Larry Harper and Eszter Freeman in Sebastopol, California, who have been resisting since the 80s. I really could use some photos of Eszter's coffin action that she is talking about in this clip, so that I can illustrate better what she did.

For the trailer of the film, see http://panleft.net/cms/wtr-trailer2

Telling the Story of War Tax Resistance

I'm in perhaps the most exciting yet frustrating stage in my work on the documentary about war tax resistance that I'm making. I'm basically trying to make sense of all the footage and figure out how to present it in a compelling way - the big question is: what is the story? I've been struggling with this for about 4 years, ever since I started thinking about the challenges of making a film about this subject - Put another way, how do I tell the story of war tax resistance in a way that's interesting and exciting?

Trailer #2 for War Tax Resistance Doc

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This is a snazzy new trailer for the film on war tax resistance that Pan Left is producing for the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. It features a performance by Antibalas, a Brooklyn-based band with at least one war tax resisting member. More of their music will form the majority of the soundtrack of the film. The footage of the band was shot by one-time Pan Left member Salvador, who now lives in New York.

Editing of the film will proceed throughout the summer and hopefully finish up in September.

FINAL

Jose Saavedra PLUSH May 08

This is from a performance José Saavedra and La Desgracia gave in May at PLUSH. It's part of my ongoing music documentary about Pepo, VER SUS ME. Not sure where this part will fit in or if it all, but for now get a taste of what I'm working on. If you like what you see give me some support, particularly funding so if you're interested hit me up: jmapanleft@hotmail.com

Check out Jose Saavedra at:
http://www.josesaavedra.com/
http://www.myspace.com/josepeposaavedra

Don't miss Pepo's farewell show at PLUSH on Friday Night, June 13!!!

Julia Butterfly Hill Interview excerpt for War Tax Resistance Doc

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From the ongoing documentary about war tax resistance that I'm working on, this is a bit of roughly-edited footage from a discussion/interview between Julia Butterfly Hill and the "stars" of our doc, Shanti Sellz and Rico Chenyek.

Unexpected Woman

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Here is the trailer that I had put together for "The Unexpected Woman", the documentary project that I have been working on for many years about Debbie Davis, transgender librarian from Minneapolis. So, check it out! Thanks!

Jamie A. Lee

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