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Current Projects Slow &Difficult Soups With the Soup Peddler David Ansel, aka, The Soup Peddler, globe trots in search of the world's best soups. Part travelogue, part ethnography, each thirty-minute episode pursues a different soup in its birthplace and invites local guests to act as a guide and/or impetus for the narrative as they investigate the soup's history and regional ingredients. Sons of Slaves, Sons of Slave Owners (working title) is a documentary film that investigates racial issues through the very personal story of the last remaining descendant of a Texas slave plantation – Tomlinson Hill. Former Associated Press Africa bureau chief Chris Tomlinson investigates the common heritage he shares with a descendant of the slaves of Tomlinson Hill, professional football player Ladainian Tomlinson. Chris explores the family histories of these two very different Tomlinsons and their contrary experiences with race in America and abroad. Shooting for the Stars (working title) is the story of the Armed Forces Entertainment's invitation to Austin's Latin hip-hop band, Los Bad Apples to tour eight US Middle Eastern military bases in February, 2009. The band, pursuing their version of the American dream in an unlikely location, realizes that they have more in common with enlisted soldiers than they thought. They invite the soldiers to share their experiences and aspirations through the common language of hip-hop and rap. I'm partnering again with the writer from Repetition, Daniel Olsen, on a feature collaboration with two other directors: Dany Campos and Morten Olsen. Stay tuned for project updates. |
